Fibre optic versus conventional phototherapy for hyperbilirubinaemia in preterm infants

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-137

  Van Kaam, A H L C ^a   Van Beek, R H T ^a   Vergunst van Keulen, J G ^a   Van Der Heijden, J ^a   Lutz Dettinger, N ^a   Hop, W ^a   Sauer, P J J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biliblanket Preterm infants; Fibre optic phototherapy; Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031910573     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050785     Document Type: Article

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