Transcutaneous Bilirubin Levels during the First Month of Life in Term and Late-preterm Newborns
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Transcutaneous Bilirubin Nomogram for Healthy Term and Late Preterm Neonates in First 96 Hours of Life.
BACKGROUND To develop nomogram of Transcutaneous Bilirubin among healthy term and late-preterm neonates during first 96 hours of age. DESIGN Longitudinal observational study. SETTING Neonatal unit of a tertiary care Hospital of Central Gujarat, India. Participants 1075 healthy term and late preterm neonates (≥35weeks). INTERVENTION Six-hourly transcutaneous bilirubin was obtained from b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmw008