Evaluation of the direct antiglobulin (coombs’) test for identifying newborns at risk for hemolysis as determined by end-tidal carbon monoxide concentration (ETCOc); and comparison of the coombs’ test with ETCOc for detecting significant jaundice

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 341-347

  Herschel, Marguerite ^a   Karrison, Theodore ^a   Wen, Ming ^a   Caldarelli, Leslie ^a   Baron, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; EVALUATION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036345460     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210702     Document Type: Article

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