Efficacy of Double and Triple Phototherapy in Term Newborns With Hyperbilirubinemia: The First Clinical Trial

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 266-269

  Naderi, Salma ^a   Safdarian, Fatemeh ^a   Mazloomi, Davood ^b   Bushehri, Elham ^c   Hamidian, Reza ^a  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Tehran University of Medical Sciences ^*

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

double phototherapy; efficacy; hyperbilirubinemia; term newborn; triple phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 72149107908     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60075-9     Document Type: Article

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