title: Diagnosing Jaundice by Eye-Outpatient Assessment of Conjunctival Icterus in the Newborn.
abstract: In pediatric office practices, we compared transcutaneous bilirubin levels in 689 newborns, age 3-10 days, with and without conjunctival icterus. In this age range, and in the absence of other clinical or laboratory indications, the presence of conjunctival icterus does not imply the need to measure the transcutaneous bilirubin or serum bilirubin level, but the absence of conjunctival icterus helps to rule out significant hyperbilirubinemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: M Jeffrey
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Maisels
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Beaumont Health Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gendelman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clune
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Kimberlee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Beaumont Children's Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McManus
mesh_terms: D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010045:Outpatients
chemical_list: D001663:Bilirubin