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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F350-F351 doi:10.1136/fn.88.4.F350-b
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Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in newborn infants: evaluation of a new spectrophotometric method

  1. M Beck1,
  2. N Kau1,
  3. H Schlebusch2
  1. 1Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  2. 2Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Bonn, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Beck, Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde der Universität Bonn, Adenauerallee 119, D-53113 Bonn, Germany;
    martin.beck{at}uni-bonn.de

    Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in jaundiced newborns has been extensively evaluated in the literature.1 Information about the new BiliCheck (TcBC) device has appeared in recent years.2,3 Because of the high correlation coefficient, most studies conclude that transcutaneous bilirubinometry could possibly replace the laboratory measurement of serum bilirubin (TSB). However, the number of infants with serum bilirubin levels > 257 μmol/l (15 mg/dl) is too small to assess the accuracy of TcBC for such infants.4,5

    We tested the clinical …

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