Association of transcutaneous bilirubin testing in hospital with decreased readmission rate for hyperbilirubinemia

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 540-544

  Petersen, John R ^a   Okorodudu, Anthony O ^a   Mohammad, Amin A ^a   Fernando, Amarasiri ^a,b   Shattuck, Karen E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

) TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBIN TESTING; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; NURSERY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 14544301395     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.037804     Document Type: Article

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