Simultaneous measurement of total transcutaneous bilirubin on forehead and chest as a predictive model for total serum bilirubin in premature and term newborns

• Main Authors: María Esther Martínez Mercado (Author), Luis Fernando Torres Bernal (Author), Javier Góngora Ortega (Author), María del Rosario Sánchez Ortiz (Author), José Antonio Guerrero Díaz de León (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: detection of hyperbilirubinemia in neonates has become a challenge for healthcare systems. The objective of this study was to determine the usefulness of simultaneous measurements of total transcutaneous bilirubin on forehead (TTBf) and total transcutaneous bilirubin on chest (TTBs) as a...