Utility of a new transcutaneous jaundice device with two optical paths in premature infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-501

  Namba, Fumihiko ^a,b   Kitajima, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Neonatal jaundice; Preterm infant; Transcutaneous jaundice device; Very low birthweight infant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOREHEAD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NURSE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 34250719166     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02386.x     Document Type: Article

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