J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1982 Aug;25(8):787-790.

The Evaluation of AO Bilirubinometer for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

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  • 1Dept. of Pediatrics, College of medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

AO bilirubinometer is a direct reading spectrophotometer specifically designed to measure total bilirubin using sera from newborn infantsl A study was performed to compare the bilirubin values obtained using the AO bilirubibometer and modified Diazo method(Rappaport method). The results were as follows : 1. The average percentage of recovery of AO bilirubinometer was 98.7%, while modified Diazo method was represented as 95.3%. 2. In comparison of two bilirubin techniques, the regression is linear, expressed by Y=1.16X-2.42, where values obtained as the bilirubinometer was on X axis and those from the modified Diazo mt\ethod on Y axis. The correlation coefficient was 0.95. 3. The variability of bilirubin values by cuvette was negligible, average percentage of variation coefficient being 0.1%. 4. The variability of bilirubin values by examiner was also negligible, the evarage percentage of bilirubin variation coefficient being 0.67%.

Keyword

Direct reading sphectrophotometer; Modified Diazo method; Correlation coefficient

MeSH Terms

Axis, Cervical Vertebra
Bilirubin
Humans
Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal*
Infant, Newborn
Bilirubin
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