Demystifying non-invasive approaches for screening jaundice in low resource settings: a review

U Abiha, DS Banerjee, S Mandal - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
All national and international pediatric guidelines universally prescribe meticulous bilirubin
screening for neonates as a critical measure to mitigate the incidence of acute bilirubin …

Screening methods for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: benefits, limitations, requirements, and novel developments

CV Hulzebos, L Vitek, CD Coda Zabetta, A Dvořák… - Pediatric …, 2021 - nature.com
Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (SNH) is a serious condition that occurs worldwide.
Timely recognition with bilirubin determination is key in the management of SNH. Visual …

Diagnostic accuracy of portable, handheld point-of-care tests vs laboratory-based bilirubin quantification in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LEH Westenberg, JV Been, SP Willemsen… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Quantification of bilirubin in blood is essential for early diagnosis and timely
treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Handheld point-of-care (POC) devices may …

Bilistick: a low-cost point-of-care system to measure total plasma bilirubin

CD Coda Zabetta, IF Iskander, C Greco, C Bellarosa… - Neonatology, 2013 - karger.com
Background: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, with consequent encephalopathy,
remains a common cause of morbidity and death in many regions of the world. Poor access …

Noninvasive methods for bilirubin measurements in newborns: A report

CI Okwundu, SS Saini - Seminars in Perinatology, 2021 - Elsevier
New technologies have become available for noninvasive assessments of neonatal
hyperbilirubinemia. Our objective is to review the noninvasive methods for measuring …

Development of Non-Invasive Biosensors for Neonatal Jaundice Detection: A Review

CJ Hazarika, A Borah, P Gogoi, SS Ramchiary… - Biosensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
One of the most common problems many babies encounter is neonatal jaundice. The
symptoms are yellowing of the skin or eyes because of bilirubin (from above 2.0 to 2.5 mg/dL …

Current and emerging technologies for the timely screening and diagnosis of neonatal jaundice

M Thomas, RF Greaves, DG Tingay… - Critical reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Neonatal jaundice is one of the most common clinical conditions affecting newborns. For
most newborns, jaundice is harmless, however, a proportion of newborns develops severe …

Transcutaneous bilirubinometer use and practices surrounding jaundice in 150 California newborn intensive care units

DR Bhatt, AI Kristensen-Cabrera, HC Lee… - Journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Objectives Transcutaneous bilirubin measurements (TcBs) provide a noninvasive
method for screening infants for hyperbilirubinemia and have been used extensively in term …

Better assessment of neonatal jaundice at home (BEAT Jaundice@ home): protocol for a prospective, multicentre diagnostic study

LEH Westenberg, BAM van der Geest, HF Lingsma… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia can place a neonate at risk for acute
bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus spectrum disorder. Early diagnosis is essential to …

A novel icterometer for hyperbilirubinemia screening in low-resource settings

ACC Lee, LV Folger, M Rahman, S Ahmed… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (> 20 mg/dL) affects∼ 1 million infants
annually. Improved jaundice screening in low-income countries is needed to prevent …