Evaluation of a Direct Reading Spectrophotometer for Neonatal Bilirubinometry

Open Access

1 October 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 54 (4) , 562-565
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/54.4.562

Abstract

A direct reading spectrophotometer specifically designed to measure total bilirubin of 20 λ of undiluted neonatal serum was evaluated using sera from newborns of low birth weight. The results showed excellent correlation with those of the Malloy-Evelyn diazo method. The instrument also compensated adequately for the usual amounts of hemolysis.

Keywords

NEWBORN
SERUM
HEMOLYSIS
BILIRUBIN
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANT