Skin bilirubin measurement during phototherapy in preterm and term newborn infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 537-540

  Zecca, Enrico ^a   Barone, Giovanni ^a   De Luca, Daniele ^a   Marra, Rosa ^a   Tiberi, Eloisa ^a   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice; Newborn; Phototherapy; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PHOTOPATCH TEST; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; RELIABILITY; TERM BIRTH;

BILIRUBIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 67651102654     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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