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RELATION BETWEEN BILIRUBIN LEVELS IN SKIN AND BLOOD BILIRUBIN LEVELS IN PRETERM INFANTS ( BORN AT GESTATIONAL AGE FROM 28 WEEKS TO 35 WEEKS )

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: P84- Other problems with newborn
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/02/049478
Lead Sponsor
ot applicable
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Preterm infants more than 28 weeks of gestation and less than 35 weeks of gestation. And showing signs of clinical jaundice and/or elevated trans-cutaneous bilirubin (2 mg below phototherapy threshold and above) or elevated serum bilirubin ( at or above phototherapy threshold ) warranting phototherapy admitted in NICU, department of paediatrics, Kasturba Hospital, Manipal

Exclusion Criteria

• <28 and >35 weeks of gestation

•Conditions that could interfere with TCB measurements such as

Congenital malformations

Hydrops fetalis

Diffuse cutaneous conditions

Purpura

Neonates requiring exchange transfusion

Critically ill preterms

And age more than 21 days of life.

•Bilirubin levels not warranting phototherapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between transcutaneous bilirubin and total serum bilirubin levels in preterm infants before, during and/or after phototherapyTimepoint: From the time preterm with clinical jaundice, elevated serum or Trans-cutaneous bilirubin levels noted, warranting phototherapy till stopping phototherapy and rechecking for rebound bilirubin levels. Assessment done at the end of the study sample collection 1 year 7 months.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Corelation of TSB and TCB among different gestational ages and Corelation with the sites used for TCBTimepoint: From the time preterm with clinical jaundice, elevated serum or Trans-cutaneous bilirubin levels noted, warranting phototherapy till stopping phototherapy and rechecking for rebound bilirubin levels. Assessment done at the end of study sample collection 1 year 7 months
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