Abstract
Aim: Early postnatal discharge of newborns leads to the risk of hospital readmission, mostly due to neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Therefore, early identification of newborns at high risk of hyperbilirubinemia is important. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether cord blood red cell distribution width (RDW) levels could be used to identify newborns at high risk of developing hyperbilirubinemia.
 Material and methods: The data of all term infants who were born in our hospital between January and June 2017 whose cord blood samples were examined were reviewed retrospectively. Cord blood RDW, cord blood bilirubin, newborn/mother’s blood groups and direct Coombs’test (DCT) results were analyzed. 
 Results: A total 175 newborns were included. Phototherapy was required 58 newborns in the first 48 hours postnatally. The mean cord blood RDW levels among newborns with hyperbilirubinemia was significantly higher compared to controls (18±1.6 vs. 16.4±1.0, p
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