Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry

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Daniele De Luca, MD, PhD (Editor)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

William Engle, MD (Editor)
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Southwestern Medical Center, Texas

Greg Jackson, MD (Editor)
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Southwestern Medical Center, Texas

Series: Hepatology Research and Clinical Developments, Pediatrics – Laboratory and Clinical Research
BISAC: MED114000

This book has been written to summarize the available knowledge regarding transcutaneous bilirubinometry, the first technique that allows a completely non-invasive measurement of a clinical variable. This technique led to important changes in the management of neonatal jaundice, the most common clinical condition of newborn infants worldwide. Transcutaneous bilirubinometry has its roots in the old observation that yellow skin color is due to the deposition of bilirubin, a chromophore molecule. More recently, transcutaneous bilirubinometry has involved many disciplines, and accordingly, this book has contributions from physicists, biologists, pediatric dermatologists and neonatologists who have clinical research expertise in the field of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. We hope that this book may prompt the advancement of research that will answer the as-yet unanswered questions, improve the reliability and usefulness of transcutaneous bilirubinometry, and respond to the clinical needs of our little patients. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry: Taking the Guesswork out of Jaundice Assessment
(Michael Kaplan and Cathy Hammerman, Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel)

Chapter 2. Physics and Biology of Transcutaneous Bilirubin Assay
(Daniele De Luca, Anton V. Malko, Ricardo Moreno Alonso de Celada, Raul de Lucas Laguna and William D. Engle, PICU & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and others)

Chapter 3. Devices for Non-Invasive Measurement of Bilirubin
(Daniele De Luca and William D. Engle, PICU & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and others)

Chapter 4. Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurement in Late Preterm and Term Neonates
(William D. Engle, Gregory L. Jackson and Daniele De Luca, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA and others)

Chapter 5. Transcutaneous Bilirubin Nomograms
(Daniele De Luca, Gregory L. Jackson and William D. Engle, PICU & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and others)

Chapter 6. Use of Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry in Preterm Neonates
(Daniele De Luca, Gregory L. Jackson and William D. Engle, PICU & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and others)

Chapter 7. Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry in Special Settings
(Daniele De Luca and Hendrik J. Vreman, PICU & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A.Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and others)

Chapter 8. Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry in Very Small Animals
(Hendrik J. Vreman and Ronald J. Wong, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA)

Chapter 9. Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry and Public Health Policy
(Daniele De Luca, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit & Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital “A. Gemelli” – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy)

Appendix

Index

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