Blue light, green light, white light, more light: treatment of neonatal jaundice.
This article reviews the current understanding of how phototherapy, the most widely used treatment of neonatal jaundice, uses light energy to pump bilirubin out of a jaundiced infant. It provides a framework for understanding the often conflicting results of clinical comparisons of various phototherapeutic regimens, and stresses the importance of light intensity in the overall effectiveness of phototherapy.
Ennever
J F
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Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000628:therapy*; D010777:Photochemistry; D010789:Phototherapy
D001663:Bilirubin