The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 6 , Pages 782-787.e2 , June 2008

Is Visual Assessment of Jaundice Reliable as a Screening Tool to Detect Significant Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia?

  • Arieh Riskin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Arieh Riskin, MD, Department of Neonatology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, 47 Golomb St, PO Box 4940, Haifa 31048, Israel.
    • ,
  • Ada Tamir, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Lady Davis Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
    • ,
  • Amir Kugelman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
    • ,
  • Miri Hemo, RN, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
    • ,
  • David Bader, MD, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    • B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Received 21 June 2007 ,Revised 27 August 2007 ,Accepted 1 November 2007.

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PII: S0022-3476(07)01050-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.11.003

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 6 , Pages 782-787.e2 , June 2008

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