Talking About Jaundice




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Summary: You've probably heard the term jaundice before, and that it makes yellow babies, but you may not really understand what it is.You've probably heard the term jaundice before, and that it makes yellow babies, but you may not really understand what it is.New guidelines released recently say jaundice is not something that we consider to be pathologic, but more physiologic, and it's actually quite common in newborn babies. In this episode, we cover just what jaundice is and how our doctors treat it with Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie. She is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.