The forehead is a better site than the sternum to check transcutaneous bilirubin during phototherapy in sick infants

BACKGROUND: To confirm the accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) in the neonatal intensive care unit both with and without phototherapy, and compare forehead and sternum as the TcB assessment site. METHODS: We simultaneously assessed the total serum bilirubin (TSB) and TcB at the forehead and s...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Jaesung, Lim, Gina, Oh, Ki Won, Lee, Na Mi, Park, Hye Won, Chung, Mi Lim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33278875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02450-w

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