Bilicheck

Trancutaneous device for measuring bilirubin in newborns. Procedure: - the sternum & forehead are common sites for obtaining measurements Sensitivity: up to 90% Specificity of 80% Increases: - jaundice in the newborn - kernicterus

Related

bilirubin bilirubin (total) in serum/plasma (TBIL) kernicterus; neonatal jaundice; neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

References

Journal Watch 21(13):109, 2001 Pediatrics 10&:1264, 2001