Implementation of a neonatal transcutaneous bilirubin screening programme in rural India

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Authors

Melissa C. Morgan · University of California, San Francisco

Gotam Kumar · Vivekananda Memorial Hospital

Sunitha V. Kaiser · University of California, San Francisco

Sridevi Seetharam · Vivekananda Memorial Hospital

Theodore Ruel · University of California, San Francisco

Abstract

The study demonstrates the acceptability and feasibility of universal TcB screening at a resource-limited hospital in rural India. In settings in which early post-discharge follow-up cannot be assured, TcB can play a valuable role in identifying infants who need evaluation.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volume 36, Issue 2, pp. 122-126

DOI: 10.1179/2046905515y.0000000013

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