Predictive and Diagnostic Value of BIND Score in Assessment of Severe Neonatal Jaundice Cases in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Predictive and Diagnostic Value of BIND Score in Assessment of Severe Neonatal Jaundice Cases in NICU

Early detection and prevention of neonatal encephalopathy using BIND score.

Inclusion criteria:

Newborn < 28 days old Neonates with severe hyperbilirubinemia need extensive phototherapy impending exchange transfusion

Exclusion criteria:

Age > 28 days old Neonates with any abnormal neurological signs suggesting neurological disease (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, muscle disease, …etc.).