Fibre optic versus conventional phototherapy for hyperbilirubinaemia in preterm infants

Authors :: J. G. Vergunst-van Keulen
Pjj Sauer
R. H. T. van Beek
N. Lutz-Dettinger
A. H. van Kaam
W. Hop
J. van der Heijden
Pediatrics
Epidemiology
Other departments
Source :: European Journal of Pediatrics, 44, 538-545. Springer-Verlag, European journal of pediatrics, 157(2), 132-137. Springer Verlag
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Studies comparing efficacy of fibre optic phototherapy to conventional phototherapy are performed mostly in term infants and give conflicting results. This randomized prospective study compares efficacy of fibre optic phototherapy using the Ohmeda Biliblanket device to conventional fluorescent phototherapy in preterm infants. A total of 124 preterm infants with a nonhaemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia were evaluated. Stratification at randomisation was performed according to birth weight (

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