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Appendix H: Evidence tables

Bibliographic details Study type & Patient characteristics Results Reviewers Comments
Evidence level
Exclusion: None Rh incompatibility: 0/6 (0%)

Incidence of G6PD deficiency: 3/6 (50.0%)

Author: Narang A Study type: Diagnosis: Hyperbilirubinaemia Mean bilirubin levels Demographic data reported for all
Case series Criteria: Exchange transfusion TSB: Not reported babies who received PT/ET
Year: 1997 Setting: Hospital (Cockington charts) and data Not
Evidence level: 3 ABO incompatibility: 8/141 (5.7%) reported for those with serum bilirubin
Country: India Sample Size: 141 > 256 micromol/litre
Mean GA: Not reported. Rh incompatibility: 13/141 (9.2%)
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Ref ID: Mean BW: Not reported
Gender M/F: Not reported G6PD deficiency: 24/141 (17.2%)
Ethnicity: Not reported
Breastfeeding: Not reported Infection: 34/141 (24.1%)
Onset of Jaundice: Not reported
Idiopathic: 50/141 (35.4%)
Exclusion: None

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