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[Efficacy of phototherapy in the low weight newborn infant: relation to gestational age, birth weight and intra-uterine growth].

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.
AuthorsC Romagnoli, L Cataldi, M P De Carolis, E Zecca, R Luciano, G Tortorolo
JournalLa 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 TitleL'efficacia della fototerapia nel neonato di basso peso: relazione con età gestazionale, peso neonatale ed accrescimento intrauterino.
PMID6544409 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Birth Weight
  • Embryonic and Fetal Development
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jaundice, Neonatal (therapy)
  • Phototherapy

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