Observational studyEuropean journal of pediatrics2021
Reliability of transcutaneous bilirubin determination based on skin color determined by a neonatal skin color scale of our own.
Observational study in European journal of pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Assessing Clinical Deterioration in Children With Dark-Coloured Skin: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- The Apgar score and race: why healthy babies are supposed to be "pink".History and philosophy of the life sciences · 2025Article
- Evaluation of transcutaneous bilirubin levels in healthy and preeclamptic pregnancies: a pilot study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Bilisense: An affordable sensor for on-site diagnosis of jaundice and prevention of kernicterus.Biosensors & bioelectronics · 2025Article
- Cumulative Ambient Light Exposure Affects Outpatient Transcutaneous Bilirubinometer Readings.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Skin color influences transcutaneous bilirubin measurements: a systematic in vitro evaluation.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Correlation of transcutaneous and serum bilirubin levels in late preterm and term neonates at a tertiary care center in south India.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Transcutaneous bilirubin reliability during and after phototherapy depending on skin color.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Observational
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- Quantification of cephalocaudal progression of jaundice in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Reliability analysis of a novel measurement system for quantifying human skin color.Skin health and disease · 2023Article
- Design and field evaluation of a lateral flow cassette device for point-of-care bilirubin measurement.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Which Is More Accurate: Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurement on the Forehead or Sternum?Archives of Iranian medicine · 2022Article
- Kramer Score, an Evidence of Its Use in Accordance with Indonesian Hyperbilirubinemia Published Guideline.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Objective Assessment and Quantification of Skin Color and Melanin in Neonates and Infants: A State-Of-The-Art Review.Pediatric dermatologyReview
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Abstract
Measurement of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) is widely used to estimate serum bilirubin (SB). However, its reliability depending on skin tone is still controversial. Ethnic classification does not correlate well with skin tone. We aimed to determine the reliability of transcutaneous bilirubin in a multiethnic population based on skin color according to our neonatal skin color scale. We conducted a prospective, observational study comparing SB and TcB among different skin colors. With the blood sample routinely obtained at 48-72 h for the screening of inborn errors of metabolism, we determined SB and TcB with a jaundice meter. We obtained data from 1359 newborns (color 1 337, color 2 750, color 3 249, color 4 23) and analyzed 1549 dyads SB/TcB. Correlation between TcB and serum bilirubin was very good (R
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