Effect of sling application on efficacy of phototherapy in healthy term neonates with non-hemolytic jaundice: A randomized conrolled trial

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Sivanandan, Sindhu ^a   Chawla, Deepak ^a   Misra, Satish ^a   Agarwal, Ramesh ^a   Deorari, Ashok K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Neonate; Phototherapy; Slings

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 58849130528     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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