Prognostic value of direct bilirubin in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 819-822

  Mamtani, Manju ^a,c   Patel, Archana ^a,b   Renge, Ramesh ^b   Kulkarni, Hemant ^a  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct bilirubin; Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; BLOOD; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 35848963859     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0145-4     Document Type: Article

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