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Transcutaneous bilirubin estimation in extremely low birth weight infants receiving phototherapy: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Measurement of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) is a quick, reliable and painless method to guide management of hyperbilirubinemia. Studies in term and late preterm infants have found that TcB measurements from covered areas (TcB-C) during phototherapy (PHT) co-relate well with serum bilir...

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Autores principales: Bhargava, Vidit, Tawfik, Daniel, Niebuhr, Bruce, Jain, Sunil K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6040067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29991353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1207-7