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Usefulness of the transcutaneous bilirubinometer during phototherapy in neonatal jaundice  

Lee, Yung Kwun (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Kim, Kyung Ah (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Ko, Sun Young (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Lee, Yeon Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
Shin, Son Moon (Department of Pediatrics, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.49, no.12, 2006 , pp. 1296-1300 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : We studied the usefulness of transcutaneous bilirubinometers in follow-up of bilirubin levels during phototherapy in neonatal jaundice patients. Methods : Transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) was measured twice per day on 90 neonatal jaundice patients without risk factors of jaundice by transcutaneous bilirubinometer JM-103(Minolta/Hill-Rom Air-shields, Japan). TcB was measured simultaneously on the patched-forehead (TcB-PF), patchedchest(TcB-PC), unpatched-forehead (TcB-UF) and unpatched-chest (TcB-UC) of infants with neonatal jaundice. Plasma bilirubin (PB) was measured by American Optical bilirubinometer (American Optical Co, Buffalo, USA) within 30 minutes after transcutaneous bilirubinometer measurement. Each TcB was compared with PB. Results : In the study group, the mean gestational age was $38.6{\pm}1.3wk$, the mean birthweight was $3,207.0{\pm}472.1g$, the mean age at start of phototherapy was $4.9{\pm}0.9days$ and the mean duration of phototherapy was $1.3{\pm}0.6days$. The correlation between TcB and PB level was observed. The correlation between TcB of the patched part (TcB-PF, TcB-PC) and PB was more significant than that of the unpatched part (TcB-UF, TcB-UC) and PB. The most significant correlation was between PB and TcB-PC. Conclusion : TcB was useful in the follow-up of jaundice during phototherapy as well the screening of jaundice in neonatal jaundice patients. TcB of patched-chest area was the most reliable site in transcutaneous bilirubinometer examination in neonatal jaundice patients.
Keywords
Transcutaneous; Bilirubin; Phototherapy; Jaundice;
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