Prediction of severe hyperbilirubinaemia using the Bilicheck transcutaneous bilirubinometer

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Boo, Nem Yun ^a,b   Ishak, Shareena ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Newborn; Severe hyperbilirubinaemia; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBINOMETER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INDIAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; STERNUM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; INDIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE;

BILIRUBIN; CHINA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34147100113     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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