In severe and rapidly increasing jaundice, the use of intensive phototherapy provides greater effectiveness and a faster decrement in bilirubin levels compared to conventional phototherapy. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two types of intensive phototherapy: intensive compact fluorescent tube (CFT) and intensive light-emitting diode (LED) phototherapy. Forty-three infa...

Our objective was to carry out a prospective, randomized, single-blind study to evaluate whether light emitting diode (LED) phototherapy using a low-cost set of lights is as effective as conventional phototherapy in treating hyperbilirubinemia in neonates. The study included 45 pre-term neonates requiring phototherapy as per American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines; participants were randomize...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of two groups of jaundiced newborns randomized to one of the two targets of total serum bilirubin (TSB) for phototherapy discontinuation. DESIGN Infants treated with phototherapy were assigned to two groups: in the 'high-threshold' group, phototherapy was interrupted when TSB decreased to >/=1 mg/dL (17 micromol/L) below the lim...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of hypocalcemia in term neonates with jaundice receiving phototherapy. METHODS This was a cross sectional study conducted at Neonatal intensive care unit, National Institute of Child Health, Karachi from 1st January 2014 to 30th December 2014. A total of 123 term neonates with jaundice of either gender managed by phototherapy were enrolled in the study. Ge...

OBJECTIVE This study compares the use of standard overhead fluorescent phototherapy units with the BiliBlanket a woven fibreoptic pad which delivers high intensity light with no ultraviolet or infrared irradiation in the treatment of jaundice in preterm infants. METHODOLOGY We chose to study infants between 800 and 2500 g, with strict criteria for commencing and ceasing phototherapy. Serum bi...

Wong, Y. K., Shuttleworth, G. R., and Wood, B. S. B. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 241. Effect of albumin administration on phototherapy for neonatal jaundice. Two clinical trials were designed to test the effect of albumin administration before phototherapy for non-haemolytic neonatal jaundice. The first with 18 hours of phototherapy showed that the albumin-treated group (23 in...

From 105 808 neonates born at ≥35 weeks’ gestation at 1 of 17 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals between 2012 and 2014, Chang et al 9 identified a cohort of 7048 newborns treated with phototherapy. The objective of the study was to identify predictors of “rebound, ” defined as a return to treatment threshold levels within 72 hours of discontinuation of a neonate’s first round of ph...

OBJECTIVE Jaundice is a common problem in neonatal period. Phototherapy is the most common treatment for neonatal jaundice. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of adding white plastic cover around the phototherapy unit on hyperbilirubinemia in full term neonates with jaundice. METHODS In this randomized controlled trial, over 12 months (October 2009 - September 2010), 182 te...

AIM To determine the incidence of post-phototherapy neonatal plasma total bilirubin (PTB) rebound. METHODS A prospective clinical survey was performed on 226 term and near-term neonates treated with phototherapy in the well baby nursery of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center from January 2001 to September 2002. Neonates were tested for PTB 24 hours (between 12 and 36 hours) after discontinuation ...