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Icterometer: a useful screening tool for neonatal jaundice
P C Gupta1, S Kumari, D N Mullick
1Department of Pediatrics, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi.
Indian Pediatrics
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
One hundred and sixty one jaundiced newborns were investigated for the usefulness of perspex icterometer as a screening tool for neonatal jaundice. Along with serum bilirubin estimation, icterometer score was simultaneously obtained in all the cases. The correlation between serum bilirubin and icterometer score was high (r = 0.99). The icterometer was useful in various subgroups. A high sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value was seen in all the groups. A possible role of icterometer in India for screening newborns with jaundice at peripheral level is highlighted.