Can transcutaneous bilirubinometry safely guide phototherapy treatment of neonatal jaundice in Malawi?

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-107

  Rylance, Sarah ^a   Yan, Jennifer ^b   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Bedside technology; Bilirubin; Hyperbilirubinaemia; JM 103 jaundice meter; Less developed countries; Newborn jaundice; Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBINOMETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALAWI; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIRUBIN; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALAWI; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899854666     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905513Y.0000000050     Document Type: Article

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