Diagnostic Properties of a Portable Point-of-Care Method to Measure Bilirubin and a Transcutaneous Bilirubinometer.

Background: Recently, the Bilistick®, a point-of-care instrument to measure bilirubin levels, has been developed. It is fast and cheaper than transcutaneous bilirubin (TCB)-measuring devices, but data on diagnostic properties are scarce.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the performance of the Bilistick® (BM-BS 1.

Kramer Score, an Evidence of Its Use in Accordance with Indonesian Hyperbilirubinemia Published Guideline.

In some hospitals in low/middle-income countries, methods to determine the bilirubin level in newborn infants are unavailable and based on a clinical evaluation, namely a clinical score designed by Kramer. In this study, we evaluated if this score can be used to identify those infants that need phototherapy. Infants admitted between November 2018 and June 2019 to three hospitals in Surabaya, Indonesia were included.