The joint use of human and electronic eye: Visual assessment of jaundice and transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 456-461

  De Luca, Daniele ^a   Zecca, Enrico ^a   Zuppa, Antonio Alberto ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jaundice; Neonate; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry; Yellowness

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BILIRUBIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 58149381397     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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