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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: Following clinical concerns of increased phototherapy rates with TBIL method changes, a six-year neonatal retrospective study (Research Ethics Board approval number 22-0010) was performed that captured laboratory results and clinical data.
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