Critical overview of the management of neonatal jaundice in the UK

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Chowdhury, Ashoka D ^a   Hussey, Martin H ^a   Shortland, David B ^a  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Diagnosis; Management; Neonatal jaundice; UK situation

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT FEEDING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846326306     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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