Numbers needed to treat with phototherapy according to American academy of pediatrics guidelines

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1352-1359

  Newman, Thomas B ^a,b,c   Kuzniewicz, Michael W ^c,d   Liljestrand, Petra ^a,c   Wi, Soora ^c   McCulloch, Charles ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^c,e  

^a Division of Clinical Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Cohort studies; Exchange transfusion; Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice; Kernicterus; Phototherapy; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT;

BILIRUBIN; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 66049146091     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1635     Document Type: Article

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