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Neonatal jaundice

– auditory, visual and other non-neurological complications
– hospital admission (duration, frequency, acquired infections)
– effect on maternal infant bonding, breastfeeding and family bonding
f) Information and support that should be given to parents and carers:
• at the time of initial presentation
• after diagnosis and during management
• about long-term effects, including significant morbidities and functional outcome.
g) Note that guideline recommendations will normally fall within licensed indications;
exceptionally and only if clearly supported by evidence, use outside a licensed indication
may be recommended. The guideline will assume that prescribers will use the summary of
product characteristics to inform their decisions for individual patients.
h) The guideline development group will take reasonable steps to identify ineffective
interventions and approaches to care. If robust and credible recommendations for re-
positioning the intervention for optimal use, or changing the approach to care to make more
efficient use of resources can be made, they will be clearly stated. If the resources released
are substantial, consideration will be given to listing such recommendations in the ‘Key
priorities for implementation’ section of the guideline.
4.4 Status

4.4.1 Scope
This is the final scope.
Related NICE guidance
• Diabetes in pregnancy: management of diabetes and its complications from pre-conception to
the postnatal period. NICE clinical guideline 63. Available from www.nice.org.uk/CG063
• Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth. NICE clinical
guideline 55. Available from www.nice.org.uk/CG055
• Routine postnatal care of women and their babies. NICE clinical guideline 37. Available from
www.nice.org.uk/CG037
• Antenatal care: routine care for the healthy pregnant woman. NICE clinical guideline 6.
Available from www.nice.org.uk/CG006

4.4.2 Guideline
The development of the guideline recommendations will begin in April 2008.

5 Further information

Information on the guideline development process is provided in:
• ‘The guideline development process: an overview for stakeholders, the public and the NHS’
• ‘The guidelines manual’.
These are available as PDF files from the NICE website (www.nice.org.uk/guidelinesmanual).
Information on the progress of the guideline will also be available from the website.

Appendix: Referral from the Department of Health

The Department of Health asked NICE:
‘To prepare a clinical guideline on the recognition and treatment decisions of babies who are
jaundiced.’

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