Intermittent versus continuous phototherapy for reducing neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-256

  Niknafs, Pedram ^a   Mortazavi, Abdol Ali ^a   Torabinejad, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Bahman Bijari, Bahare ^a   Niknafs, Nikoo ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Continuous phototherapy; Indirect hyperbilirubinemia; Intermittent phototherapy; Neonatal jaundice; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 56549114855     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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