Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement.
The development of transcutaneous measurements of medically important diagnostic data is a worthy endeavor intended to eliminate the need for invasive procedures. This paper reports success in meeting those ends with a clinical instrument for transcutaneous bilirubin measurement. The need for this device and technologic developments leading to such a device are described. The transcutaneous bilirubin meter exhibits a high degree of correlation with serum bilirubin levels and can be used for screening.
D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*