Diagnostic accuracy of icteric index to detect abnormal total bilirubin values

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 928-933

  Salinas, Maria ^a   López Garrigós, Maite ^a   Lugo, Javier ^a   Gutiérrez, Mercedes ^a   Flors, Lucia ^b   Leiva Salinas, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ICTERIC INDEX; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866915605     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-200811     Document Type: Article

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