Diagnostic Accuracy of Kramer Visual Assessment of Jaundice in Term Neonates Taking Total Serum Bilirubin Levels as the Gold Standard
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چکیده
Objective: To determine the Diagnostic accuracy of Kramer's visual assessment jaundice in term neonates by taking total serum bilirubin levels as a gold standard.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place and Duration Study: Neonatology Department, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, Mar to Sep 2019.
 Methodology: The study was based on examining investigating 300 neonates. Kramer scale used examine all neonates, results were compared levels.
 Results: A patients included this study. mean level 229.1±74.5mol/L. sensitivity specificity using 83.84% 73.53%, respectively, for who not jaundiced below abdomen thighs zones 1 3.
 Conclusion: can be noninvasive screening method up thighs, which is 3 but markedly reliable estimation.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2411-8842', '0030-9648']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.6252