A retrospective medical record review of term
infants with hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy
who were admitted over 24 months, June 1999 to
December 2001, at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital,
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was completed. Total
serum bilirubin levels (TSB) at and up to 24 hours after
termination of phototherapy (follow-up levels) were
recorded. The difference between mean TSB level at
termination of phototherapy and at follow-up was
calculated using the paired t test.