Clinical Decision Support for Hyperbilirubinemia Risk Assessment in the Electronic Health Record.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physiologic neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice) is common and affects most newborn infants. However, there is a risk for permanent neurological damage if the bilirubin levels rise above a certain threshold. The management of neonatal jaundice includes the assessment of bilirubin laboratory values, consideration of patient-specific risk factors, and plotting on a bilirubin nomogram reference to determine risk and guide therapy. When performed manually, the process can be time consuming and error-prone. Therefore, web-based calculators such as BiliTool have been developed to assist in risk assessment.

Methods

To streamline the risk assessment calculation process further within our electronic health record (EHR), we created a "BiliReport" to display patient biliru

SUBMITTER: Petersen JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8221402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature