Abstract |
Phototherapy is largely used in the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia, but its safety is very far from being proved. The Authors studied the effectiveness of daylight in low-birth-weight newborns. The results obtained show that the reduction of bilirubin induced by phototherapy is related with gestational age and intra-uterine growth. The very low-birth-weight infants, at higher risk of kernicterus, as they are more responsives to phototherapy, as well they are, probably, more susceptibles to side-effects. The Authors think that phototherapy should be planned on the basis of such observations.
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Authors | C Romagnoli, L Cataldi, M P De Carolis, E Zecca, R Luciano, G Tortorolo |
Journal | La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics
(Pediatr Med Chir)
1983 Sep-Oct
Vol. 5
Issue 5
Pg. 305-10
ISSN: 0391-5387 [Print] Italy |
Vernacular Title | L'efficacia della fototerapia nel neonato di basso peso: relazione con età gestazionale, peso neonatale ed accrescimento intrauterino. |
PMID | 6544409
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Birth Weight
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Infant, Newborn
- Jaundice, Neonatal
(therapy)
- Phototherapy
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