Evaluation of a point-of-care direct spectrophotometric method for measurement of total serum bilirubin in term and near-term neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-105

  Barko, H A ^a   Jackson, Greg L ^a   Engle, W D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diazo method; Neonatal jaundice; Transcutaneous bilirubin; Unistat bilirubinometer

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM BIRTH;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 33646113858     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211436     Document Type: Article

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