Research Article
Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurements Can Be Used to Measure Bilirubin Levels during Phototherapy
Table 1
Total serum and transcutaneous bilirubin levels before and during phototherapy in umol/l.
| Bilirubin | Mean ± SD | Range |
| TSB before phototherapy | 183.8 ± 41.6 | 152–314.5 | TcB before phototherapy | 190.5 ± 43 | 147–296 | Mean | 187 ± 32 | 175–300 | Difference | | −5.2–51 | TSB during phototherapy | 191.8 ± 39.4 | 177–278.8 | TcB during phototherapy | 187.8 ± 45.3 | 160–311.1 | Mean | 186.9 ± 44.9 | 170–287.3 | Difference | | −86.7–85 |
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