Impact of an institutional guideline on post-discharge follow-up for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: a before-and-after cohort study
Tapanee Pipatkullachart, Kotchakorn Lakornpol, Kanokwan Aeimcharnbanchong · 2026
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Pipatkullachart and colleagues at a Thai medical center tested whether a home-grown hospital guideline could cut needless follow-up visits for newborns with jaundice, a yellowing of the skin caused by bilirubin buildup. Their 2026 before-and-after study compared care in the six months before the guideline with the six months after it. The study covered 274 babies born at 35 weeks or later who went home without light therapy.
Follow-up visits dropped sharply once the guideline took effect: 34.3% of babies in the later group needed a return visit, compared with 49.6% in the earlier group. Readmissions barely moved, affecting 3.6% of babies after the change versus 2.9% before it, a gap the authors judged not meaningful. The team concludes that adapting global guidance to local needs can trim wasted visits without early signs of harm.
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| CREATOR | Tapanee Pipatkullachart, Kotchakorn Lakornpol, Kanokwan Aeimcharnbanchong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |