| The treatment for hyperbilirubinemia includes light treatment and may include an exchange transfusion. |
| Despite these recommendations, infants continue to present with severe hyperbilirubinemia during or after their initial hospitalization. |
| Abnormal hemorrhage, hyperbilirubinemia and oliguria are late findings. |
| Q fever may have also contributed to hyperbilirubinemia through two mechanisms. |
| Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia also may result from problems that occur after the bilirubin is conjugated in the liver. |
| If the hyperbilirubinemia is not treated promptly, these infants become hypertonic and may develop a fever and a high-pitched cry. |
