Reliability of visual assessment of neonatal jaundice among neonates of black descent: a cross-sectional study from Tanzania

• Main Authors: Ikunda Dionis (Author), Omary Chillo (Author), George M. Bwire (Author), Calvin Ulomi (Author), Manase Kilonzi (Author), Emmanuel Balandya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Jaundice is common among neonates and if untreated can lead to kernicterus. Diagnosing neonatal jaundice (NJ) using Kramer's method (visual assessment) is considered user-friendly in resource-limited areas. However, there are conflicting findings on reliability of the Kramer...