Efficacy of phototherapy devices and outcomes among extremely low birth weight infants: Multi-center observational study

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-133

  Morris, B H ^a   Tyson, J E ^b   Stevenson, D K ^c   Oh, W ^d   Phelps, D L ^e   O'shea, T M ^f   Mcdavid, G E ^b   Van Meurs, K P ^c   Vohr, B R ^d   Grisby, C ^b   Yao, Q ^g   Kandefer, S ^g   Wallace, D ^g   Higgins, R D ^h  

^a Trinity Mother Frances Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

extremely low birth weight; neonatal jaundice; neurodevelopmental outcome; phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873207420     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.39     Document Type: Article

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