Transcutaneous bilirubinometry versus total serum bilirubin measurement for newborns.

Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100909747 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1469-493X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13616137 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2004- : Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley
Original Publication: Oxford, U.K. ; Vista, CA : Update Software,

Bilirubin* ; Jaundice, Neonatal*/diagnosis; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Hyperbilirubinemia/diagnosis ; Neonatal Screening/methods ; Prospective Studies

Background: Jaundice is a very common condition in newborns, affecting up to 60% of term newborns and 80% of preterm newborns in the first week of life. Jaundice is caused by increased bilirubin in the blood from the breakdown of red blood cells. The gold standard for measuring bilirubin levels is obtaining a blood sample and processing it in a laboratory. However, noninvasive transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) measurement devices are widely available and used in many settings to estimate total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels.
Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of transcutaneous bilirubin measurement for detecting hyperbilirubinaemia in newborns.
Search Methods: We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and trial registries up to 18 August 2022. We also checked the reference lists of all included studies and relevant systematic reviews for other potentially eligible studies.
Selection Criteria: We included cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies that evaluated the accuracy of any TcB device compared to TSB measurement in term or preterm newborn infants (0 to 28 days postnatal age). All included studies provided sufficient data and information to create a 2 × 2 table for the calculation of measures of diagnostic accuracy, including sensitivities and specificities. We excluded studies that only reported correlation coefficients.
Data Collection and Analysis: Two review authors independently applied the eligibility criteria to all citations from the search and extracted data from the included studies using a standard data extraction form. We summarised the available results narratively and, where possible, we combined study data in a meta-analysis.
Main Results: We included 23 studies, involving 5058 participants. All studies had low risk of bias as measured by the QUADAS 2 tool. The studies were conducted in different countries and settings, included newborns of different gestational and postnatal ages, compared various TcB devices (including the JM 101, JM 102, JM 103, BiliChek, Bilitest and JH20-1C) and used different cutoff values for a positive result. In most studies, the TcB measurement was taken from the forehead, sternum, or both. The sensitivity of various TcB cutoff values to detect significant hyperbilirubinaemia ranged from 74% to 100%, and specificity ranged from 18% to 89%.
Authors' Conclusions: The high sensitivity of TcB to detect hyperbilirubinaemia suggests that TcB devices are reliable screening tests for ruling out hyperbilirubinaemia in newborn infants. Positive test results would require confirmation through serum bilirubin measurement.
(Copyright © 2023 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)

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RFM9X3LJ49 (Bilirubin)

Date Created: 20230509 Date Completed: 20230513 Latest Revision: 20240510

20240510

PMC10167941

10.1002/14651858.CD012660.pub2

37158489