Association between laboratory calibration of a serum bilirubin assay, neonatal bilirubin levels, and phototherapy use

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 557-561

  Kuzniewicz, Michael W ^a,b,c   Greene, Dina N ^d   Walsh, Eileen M ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^c   Newman, Thomas B ^a,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RISK REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; BLOOD; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN SCREENING; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BILIRUBIN; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PATIENT READMISSION; PHOTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84973622015     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4944     Document Type: Article

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