Safety and efficacy of filtered sunlight in treatment of jaundice in African neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Slusher, Tina M ^a,b   Vreman, Hendrik J ^c   Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^d   Wong, Ronald J ^c   Brearley, Ann M ^e   Vaucher, Yvonne E ^f   Stevenson, David K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Healthy Start Initiative   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; IR; Irradiance; Low middle income countries; Newborn jaundice; Phototherapy; Sunlight; UV

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLUE LIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FILM; FILTERED SUNLIGHT PHOTOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MONITORING; NIGERIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BILIRUBIN; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HELIOTHERAPY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; NIGERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901500014     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3500     Document Type: Article

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