scholarly journals Accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in newborns after phototherapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 858-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Casnocha Lucanova ◽  
K Matasova ◽  
M Zibolen ◽  
P Krcho
Keyword(s):  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin

Transcutaneous bilirubin nomogram for healthy term and late preterm neonates in first 96 hours of life

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pareshkumar Thakkar ◽  
Hardas Chavda ◽  
Vikas Doshi
Keyword(s):  
Late Preterm ◽  
Preterm Neonates ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin

scholarly journals Transcutaneous billirubinometry to estimate total serum bilirubin in neonatal jaundice

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andra Kurnianto ◽  
Herman Bermawi ◽  
Afifa Darmawanti ◽  
Erial Bahar
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Jaundice ◽  
Serum Bilirubin ◽  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Total Serum Bilirubin ◽  
Blood Sampling ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry

Background The gold standard for diagnosis of neonatal jaundice is total serum bilirubin (TSB) measurement. This method, however, is invasive, painful, and costly in terms of workload, time, and money. Moreover, repeated blood sampling may lead to significant blood loss, which is of particular concern in preterm infants. To overcome these drawbacks, non-invasive methods of bilirubin measurement have been proposed. Transcutaneous bilirubinometry (TcB) determines the yellowness of the subcutaneous tissue of a newborn infant by measuring the difference between optical densities for light in the blue and green wavelength regions.Objective To evaluate the accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubinometry for estimating TSB levels in neonatal jaundice.Methods Subjects were infants aged < 28 days with jaundice who had never been treated with phototherapy or exchange transfusion. The study was done from February to July 2016 in Mohammad Hoesin Hospital. Subjects underwent transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) and TSB assays, with a maximum interval of 15 minutes between tests.Results One hundred fifty patients were included in this study. The TcB values > 5 mg/dL were correlated to TSB > 5 mg/dL, with 100% sensitivity and 83.3% specificity. This cut-off point was obtained from a receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curve with AUC 99.3% (95%CI 97.9 to 100%; P< 0.001).The correlation coefficients (r) for TSB and TcB measurements on the forehead were 0.897 (P<0.001).Conclusion Transcutaneous bilirubinometry can be used to accurately estimate TSB levels in neonatal jaundice, and may be useful in clinical practice as a non-invasive method to reduce blood sampling.

Reliability of transcutaneous bilirubin determination based on skin color determined by a neonatal skin color scale of our own

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Maya-Enero ◽  
Júlia Candel-Pau ◽  
Jordi Garcia-Garcia ◽  
Xavier Duran-Jordà ◽  
María Ángeles López-Vílchez
Keyword(s):  
Skin Color ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin ◽  
Color Scale ◽  
Neonatal Skin

scholarly journals How skin anatomy influences transcutaneous bilirubin determinations: an in vitro evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlijn D. van Erk ◽  
Alida J. Dam-Vervloet ◽  
Foky-Anna de Boer ◽  
Martijn F. Boomsma ◽  
Henrica van Straaten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Evaluation ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin

Serum Unbound Bilirubin Versus Transcutaneous Bilirubin in Jaundiced Term Neonates

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
M.A. ELBISHRY ◽  
A.E. Elsadek ◽  
E.G. Behiry ◽  
M.A. Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Term Neonates ◽  
Transcutaneous Bilirubin ◽  
Unbound Bilirubin
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