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Reliability of an icterometer in black neonates with hyperbilirubinaemia


N.T.R.M. Chaibva
A. Fenner
J. Wolfsdorf

Abstract

A perspex icterometer previously graded for White neonates was evaluated in an unselected Black newborn population. Grades of icterus showed a close correlation with levels of total serum bilirubin (TSB) as determined colorimetrically in a bilirubinometer. Previously reported data on White babies follow the same pattern, but are slightly higher for each grade.

S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1533 (1974).

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