Evaluation of a transcutaneous Jaundice Meter following hospital discharge in term and near-term neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 486-490

  Engle, William D ^a   Jackson, Gregory L ^a   Stehel, Elizabeth K ^a   Sendelbach, Dorothy M ^a   Manning, M Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 22144432989     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211333     Document Type: Article

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