Does color really matter? Reliability of transcutaneous bilirubinometry in different skin-colored babies

• Main Authors: Pearl Mary Varughese (Author), Lalitha Krishnan (Author), Ravichandran (Author)
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• 出版: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Transcutaneous bilirubinometry, in keeping with rapid technological advances, has come a long way as an effective tool for assessing bilirubin levels in newborns. Though the early devices showed changes due to melanin concentration, the new generation devices were based on micro-spectrom...