Effect of neonatal jaundice and phototherapy on the frequency of first-year outpatient visits

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 729-734

  Usatin, Danielle ^a   Liljestrand, Petra ^b,c   Kuzniewicz, Michael W ^c,d   Escobar, Gabriel J ^c,e   Newman, Thomas B ^b,c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (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

Adverse effects; Child health services; Disease susceptibility; Jaundice; Mother child relations; Neonatal; Phototherapy; Psychology; Therapy; Utilization

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950570514     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0172     Document Type: Article

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