Transcutaneous measurement of bilirubin is being used for neonatal jaundice. Its utility during phototherapy in preterm babies not established. The objective our study was to assess the efficacy transcutaneous (TcB) comparison total serum newborns at admission and covered skin area (glabella). It a prospective observational conducted intensive care unit tertiary hospital from January 2017 2019....

normal full-term infants were followed by serial transcutaneous bilirubinometry over the first week of life. the pattern of physiologic jaundice in our population was similar to that shown for white infants. mean maximum bilirubin peak was seen on day four of life and was also similar to that shown for american white infants. the incidence of non physiologic hyperbilirubinemia defined as 2 sd a...

BACKGROUND Two devices are available for making transcutaneous estimates of serum bilirubin (SBR): the Minolta AirShields JM102 and the new SpectRx BiliCheck. OBJECTIVES (a) To measure how well the readings produced by these devices agree with SBR measured in the laboratory; (b) to estimate for each device, the proportion of infants with clinical jaundice who would require blood sampling if t...