BACKGROUND Outpatient phototherapy is a safe, effective, and low-cost treatment modality for moderate to severe psoriasis. Barriers to outpatient phototherapy including patient inconvenience, patient co-pays, decreased physician compensation, and insurance disincentive structures have led to decreased use and underutilization of phototherapy. Home phototherapy can potentially overcome many of t...

This study was conducted to determine the incidence and magnitude of post-phototherapy bilirubin rebound in neonates. Subjects included inborn neonates needing phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia. Standard guidelines were used to start and stop phototherapy. Rebound bilirubin was measured 24+/-6 h after stopping phototherapy. Significant bilirubin rebound (SBR) was defined as post-phototherapy ...

bakground: phototherapy plays a significant role in the treatment and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia as well as the management of subsequent complications in the newborn.  however, this treatment modality may itself result in the development of hypocalcaemia and create serious complications including convulsion and related conditions.   objective: this study was under-taken to investigate pho...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem of neonatal period and phototherapy serves as the effective method in treatment. despite its worldwide application, there are many unanswered questions regarding enhancement of its efficacy. the aim of present study was the comparison of intermittent versus continuous phototherapy and position change effect on treatment of term newborns with ja...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether light-emitting diode (LED) phototherapy is as efficacious as compact fluorescent tube (CFT) phototherapy for the treatment of non-hemolytic jaundice in healthy term and late preterm neonates. STUDY DESIGN Multi centre open label randomized controlled trial. SETTING Four tertiary care neonatal units. SUBJECTS Healthy term and late preterm neonates with non-hem...

BACKGROUND Phototherapy may have an adverse effect on the hemodynamics of preterm infants, and endothelin (ET) and nitric oxide (NO) are both the powerful vasoactive substances. This study was designed to observe the effect of phototherapy on blood levels of ET and NO in preterm infants. METHODS Sixty-four preterm infants with hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy were studied. Among them...

Phototherapy is a standard treatment for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. During phototherapy, since photoproducts that cause the decrease in serum bilirubin are eliminated bile and urine, so adequate hydration should enhance effectiveness of phototherapy.

Phototherapy: A simple and safe treatment for Neonatal Jaundice. Jaundice is a common finding in premature and full term newborns. Phototherapy has been widely used in the management of Neonatal unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia for over five decades. Phototherapy devices include Fluorescent, Halogen, Fiberoptic or Light-Emitting Diode light sources. Safety issues and possible complications of ph...

OBJECTIVES To document the need for repeated phototherapy (as an index of significant rebound in serum bilirubin levels) following the discontinuation of intensive phototherapy and to compare the use of repeated phototherapy in infants who first received phototherapy during their birth hospitalization with the use of first-time phototherapy on readmission after infants were discharged from thei...

BACKGROUND Although phototherapy has been used for more than 60 years it has some complications. The light waves produced from phototherapy reduce melatonin concentration in newborns with subsequent hypocalcemia. We aimed to assess the effect of head covering on calcium and magnesium levels in full term newborns during phototherapy. METHODS In this randomized controlled trial, 72 full-term ic...