Comparison of skin sites for estimating serum total bilirubin in in-patients and out-patients: chest is superior to brow.

Objective: [corrected] To compare transcutaneous bilirubin readings from the chest and forehead of inpatient and outpatient infants to investigate whether one site is more accurate for estimating serum bilirubin concentration.

Methods: In all, 31 infants were followed with serum and transcutaneous bilirubins using BiliChek trade mark at two skin sites.

Results: For inpatients average chest bilirubin was 0.