BIND SCORE DAN BIND-M SCORE

Item BIND score BIND-M score

Normal (0)
Mental Sleepy but arousable; decreased feeding (+1)
Status Lethargy, poor suck and/or irritable/jittery with strong suck (+2)
Semi-coma, apnoea, unable to feed, seizures, coma (+3)
Normal (0)
Persistent mild to moderate hypotonia (+1)
Mild to moderate hypertonia alternating with hypotonia, beginning arching of neck and
Muscle trunk on stimulation (+2)
Tone Persistent retrocollis and
Persistent retrocollis and opisthotonos; crossing or
opisthotonos – bicycling or
scissoring of arms or legs but without spasms of arms
twitching of hands and feet
and legs and without trismus (+3)
(+3)
Normal (0)
Cry High pitched when aroused (+1)
Pattern Shrill, difficult to console (+2)
Inconsolable crying or cry weak or absent (+3)
Altered Normal gaze (0)
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Gaze Sun-setting; paralysis of upward gaze (+3)

BIND SCORE INTERPRETATION

0 : No indication of ABE
1-3 : Subtle sign of mild of ABE
4-6 : Moderate ABE, urgent bilirubin reduction intervention is likely to reverse
the acute damage
7-9 : Advanced ABE, urgent bilirubin intervention is needed to prevent further
brain damage and reduce the severity of sequel

BINDA-M SCORE INTERPRETATION

<3 : No indicaton of diagnosis of ABE
≥3 : Positive diagnosis of ABE