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Adults or older children with elevated bilirubin levels due to disease or liver disorder may also experience symptoms of nausea, fatigue and abdominal pain. The AACC also reports that their urine may be more concentrated, appearing darker in color.
It's interesting you say that because all of our high bilirubin babies have come from the newborn nursery. Mostly kids with a 12 hour bili of 15 because of hemolytic anemia. We transfer a kiddo to NICU every now and then r/t high bili, but it's rare. I think the highest serum bili I've seen was 19. That kid did get sent to NICU because he was a 35 weeker already on double lights. Oct 7, '08. We got called to Peds for a 2 day old whos bili was 24 or something.