%0 Journal Article
%T Comparaci¨®n de dos m¨¦todos diagn¨®sticos de ictericia neonatal
%A Campo Gonz¨¢lez
%A Ana
%A Alonso Ur¨ªa
%A Rosa Mar¨ªa
%A Amador Mor¨¢n
%A Rafael
%A Ballest¨¦ L¨®pez
%A Irka
%J Revista Cubana de Pediatr£¿-a
%D 2012
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X introduction: the neonatal jaundice is one of the more frequent syndromes of the neonatology. treatment to icteric newborn has had historically different guidelines for its decisions. objective: to establish a comparison among the diagnostic methods of the visual scale and the dosing in blood of the total bilirubin in newborns. methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive and observational research was conducted in the gynecology obstetrics teaching hospital of guanabacoa municipality from january to july, 2008. sample included 86 newborns. results: the great number of newborns was the term ones and those with a normal weight. there was predominance of the iv zone of the kramer's visual scale. the great figure of cases had values of serum bilirubin between 10-12 mg/dl. conclusions: there was a relation between both methods of assessment of the neonatal jaundice.
%K neonatal jaundice
%K kramer visual estimation
%K serum values.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-75312012000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en