Which phototherapy system is most effective in lowering serum bilirubin in very preterm infants?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-209

  Romagnoli, Costantino ^a,b   Zecca, Enrico ^a   Papacci, Patrizia ^a   Vento, Giovanni ^a   Girlando, Pietro ^a   Latella, Caterina ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Phototherapy; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33344474191     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089304     Document Type: Article

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