Clinician adherence to guideline for phototherapy use in newborns

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-441

  Madlon Kay, Diane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Hyperbilirubinemia; Newborns; Phototherapy; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN; NOMOGRAM; NURSERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MINNESOTA; NOMOGRAMS; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863682143     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.04.110307     Document Type: Article

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