Objective: To evaluate the correlation between total serum and transcutaneous bilirubin and to determine the reliability of transcutaneous bilirubinometry for screening and monitoring of neonatal jaundice among preterms.
Study Design: Ninety nine infants with gestational ages ≤34 weeks were prospectively enrolled. Babies were classified into three groups as; 24-28, 29-31, and 32-34 weeks. Total serum bilirubin and simultaneous transcutaneous bilirubin were measured before the onset of phototheraphy, during and at 24 h after discontinuing phototherapy.
Results: Total serum bilirubin significantly correlated with transcutaneous bilirubin in the whole cohort (r = 0.867, p < 0.001) and in each group before, during and after phototheraphy. Hypotension was the only variable which effects the difference between two methods at postnatal first day of life (p = 0.039).
Conclusion: Transcutaneous bilirubin levels were highly correlated with total serum bilirubin levels even in 24-28 GW babies. Transcutaneous bilirubin may be useful for screening and monitoring of jaundice in very preterm newborns.
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