Neonatal jaundice is the presence of yellow coloration of the skin and mucous membranes of the neonate, due to hyperbilirubinemia in the blood among the main risk factors are maternal-fetal, due to Rh-incompatibility between the mother and the neonate. At birth the neonate presents several physiological changes, during this period several complications can appear, among them neonatal jaundice, which is considered one of the main causes of morbidity in preterm and term neonates.
