Effect of infants' position on serum bilirubin level during conventional phototherapy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1131-1134

  Donneborg, M L ^a   Knudsen, K B ^a   Ebbesen, F ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonates; Phototherapy; Position

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORWAY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SUPINE POSITION;

BILIRUBIN; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRONE POSITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954380653     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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