SALL1 and Sepsis: Iskander et al. and Kuzniewicz et al. reported that the risk of ABE is lower in neonates having TSB <30 mg/dL.15,16 While a study by Ogunlesi et al. reported ABE in 38.26% neonates having TBS <20 mg/dl, some of these neonates were suffering from sepsis or were pre-term.17 In present study there were 40.5% neonates having TSB <20 mg/dL, there were only 9.5% neonates having TSB >30 mg/dL.