title: [Efficacy of phototherapy in the low weight newborn infant: relation to gestational age, birth weight and intra-uterine growth].
abstract: Phototherapy is largely used in the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia, but its safety is very far from being proved. The Authors studied the effectiveness of daylight in low-birth-weight newborns. The results obtained show that the reduction of bilirubin induced by phototherapy is related with gestational age and intra-uterine growth. The very low-birth-weight infants, at higher risk of kernicterus, as they are more responsives to phototherapy, as well they are, probably, more susceptibles to side-effects. The Authors think that phototherapy should be planned on the basis of such observations.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000628:therapy*; D010789:Phototherapy
vernacular_title: L'efficacia della fototerapia nel neonato di basso peso: relazione con età gestazionale, peso neonatale ed accrescimento intrauterino.