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Neonatal jaundice


 Bibliographic details   Study type &   Patient characteristics   Test, Reference Standard,   Results   Reviewers Comments
 Evidence level   Threshold for a positive test
 Exclusion: not defined   hyperbilirubinaemia   phase 2 (46/1324)

                1. For UCB
                (threshold = 37 micromol/litre)
                Sensitivity: 4/18 (22.2%)
                Specificity: 537/567 (94.7%)

                2. At 24 hours
                For TcB in phase 1 (threshold > 11
                Reflectance Units)
                Sensitivity: 15/18 (83.3%)
                Specificity: 368/556 (66.2%)
                PPV: 15/203 (7.4%)
                NPV: 368/371 (99.2%)

                For TSB in phase 1
                (threshold = 102 micromol/litre)
                Sensitivity: 7/7 (100%)
                Specificity: 74/162 (45.7%)
                PPV: 7/95 (7.4%)
                NPV:74/74 (100%)

                For TSB in phase 2
                (threshold = 102 micromol/litre)
                Sensitivity: 25/25 (100%)
                Specificity: 239/398 (60%)
                PPV: 25/95 (26.3%)
                NPV: 239/239 (100%)

                2. At 48 hours
                For TcB in phase 1 (threshold > 13
                reflectance units)
                Sensitivity: 17/18 (94.4%)
                Specificity: 288/556 (51.7%)
                PPV: 17/285 (5.9%)
                NPV: 288/289 (99.6%)

                For TcB in phase 2 (threshold > 13
                reflectance units)
                Sensitivity: 45/46 (97.8%)
                Specificity: 262/819 (32.0%)
                PPV: 45/602 (7.5%)
                NPV: 262/263 (99.6%)

                For TSB in phase 1
                (threshold = 154 micromol/litre)
                Sensitivity: 11/11 (100%)
                Specificity: 102/158 (64.6%)



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