Double versus single phototherapy in term newborns with significant hyperbilirubinemia

The efficacy of double phototherapy, in the form of conventional phototherapy with special blue light plus fiberoptic phototherapy, was compared with conventional phototherapy consisting of special blue lamps alone in a relatively larger series of term newborns with significant hyperbilirubinemia. D...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 2000-02, Vol.46 (1), p.36-39
Main Authors: Üit Sarici, S, Alpay, F, Ünay, B, Özcan, O, Gökçy, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Jaundice, Neonatal - diagnosis
Jaundice, Neonatal - physiopathology
Jaundice, Neonatal - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Phototherapy - methods
Radiation Dosage
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Tropical medicine
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Summary:The efficacy of double phototherapy, in the form of conventional phototherapy with special blue light plus fiberoptic phototherapy, was compared with conventional phototherapy consisting of special blue lamps alone in a relatively larger series of term newborns with significant hyperbilirubinemia. During the study period the sum of the average spectral irradiances in the double phototherapy group was significantly higher than that of the single phototherapy group (p
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/46.1.36