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#Question id: 12272


A neonate develops a jaundice condition with a bilirubin concentration of 10 mg/dL on day 2 (normal is 3 mg/dL at 2 days old). The neonatologist can be confident that the condition is not erythroblastosis fetalis if which of the following is true?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Bilirubin concentration rises no further
  2. Hematocrit falls only slightly
  3. Mother, father, and neonate are all Rh-negative
  4. Mother has no history of hepatic dysfunction