Phototherapy with turquoise versus blue light.
Preterm jaundiced infants were treated by phototherapy with a new turquoise fluorescent lamp. This was more effective in reducing plasma total bilirubin in relation to light irradiance than the ubiquitously used blue fluorescent lamp.
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Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Aalborg, Denmark. Institute of Applied Physics-CNR, Sezione INFM di Firenze, Florence, Italy. u19091@aas.nja.dk
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D016500:Color Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male