background: hyperbilirubinemia is considered one of the most prevalent problems in newborns. phototherapy, exchange transfusion, and herbal medicine are common therapeutic approaches for preventing any neurologic damage in infants with neonatal jaundice. however, herbal medicine is less commonly used. aim: this study aimed to investigate the effect of bilineaster drop on neonatal hyperbilirubin...

introduction: lasers, light emitting diodes (leds) and super luminous diodes (slds) are widely used to treat selected musculoskeletal, integumentary and neurological conditions. the mechanisms underlying the reported treatment effects of light therapy are unclear and the physiologic effect of light on a variety of tissues, particularly neurological, is mostly unknown. a few researchers have rep...

Systemic and localized scleroderma are difficult to manage diseases with no accepted gold standard of therapy to date. Phototherapeutic modalities for scleroderma show promise. A PubMed search of information on phototherapy for scleroderma was conducted. The information was classified into effects on pathogenesis and clinical outcomes. Studies on photopheresis were excluded. There were no rando...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this evidence based analysis was to determine the effectiveness and safety of ultraviolet phototherapy for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. RESEARCH QUESTIONS The specific research questions for the evidence review were as follows: What is the safety of ultraviolet phototherapy for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis?What is the effectiveness of ultraviolet photot...

Objective: To study the frequency of hypocalcemia in neonates receiving phototherapy with indirect hyperbilirubinemia Materials and Methods: Descriptive case series was conducted from September 5, 2018, to March 2019, NICU Paediatric Department Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi.
 Approval sought hospital’s ethical committee. Neonates fulfilling inclusion criteria were enrolled after obta...

Background Hyperbilirubinemia occurs in 60% of full term and 80% premature infants. Phototherapy is the main treatment, but it has side effects, sometimes requires hospitalization, causes baby to be separated from mother. Underdeveloped gut microflora increased enterohepatic circulation newborns contribute serum bilirubin levels early life.
 Objective To assess efficacy adding probiotic L....

Phototherapy was developed in the late 1950s and is today considered the mainstay of managing neonatal jaundice. Yet prominent academic leaders continued to promote the older approach of exchange transfusion well into the 1970s, despite the considerable risks involved. This article explores why phototherapy took so long to be embraced, and how pediatric residents were caught in the middle of th...

Phototherapy (UV-A and UV-B) has become one of the most commonly used modalities for the treatment of a variety of skin diseases, although the action mechanisms have not been fully understood. Inhibition of DNA synthesis by UV radiation may be one of the therapeutic effects in proliferating skin diseases; however, phototherapy is also used for the treatment of allergic or autoimmune diseases.

OBJECTIVE To standardize the use of phototherapy consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline for the management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn infant 35 or more weeks of gestation. METHODS Relevant literature was reviewed. Phototherapy devices currently marketed in the United States that incorporate fluorescent, halogen, fiber-optic, or blue light-emit...

High intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs) are being studied as possible light sources for the phototherapy of neonatal jaundice, as they can emit high intensity light of narrow wavelength band in the blue region of the visible light spectrum corresponding to the spectrum of maximal bilirubin absorption. We developed a prototype blue gallium nitride LED phototherapy unit with high intensity, a...