Transcutaneous bilirubinometry reduces the need for blood sampling in neonates with visible jaundice

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1916-1919

  Mishra, S ^a   Chawla, D ^a   Agarwal, R ^a   Deorari, A K ^a   Paul, V K ^a   Bhutani, V K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice; Neonatal jaundice; Neonates; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry; Visual assessment of bilirubin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETRY;

BILIRUBIN; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71049133937     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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