Neonatal Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurements: An Opportunity to Enhance Laboratory Utilization and Improve Patient Care
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Neonatal transcutaneous bilirubin measurements: an opportunity to enhance laboratory utilization and improve patient care.
By far the most common clinical problem addressed by family practitioners and pediatricians in the first weeks of an infant’s life is hyperbilirubinemia. With the exception of the standard metabolic screen, the measurement of a total serum bilirubin (TSB) concentration is the most common laboratory test ordered for a newborn infant. That is not surprising because the clinical sign, jaundice, is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.183616