Blue Light and Jaundice
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- Phototherapy with turquoise versus blue light. Ebbesen, F.; Agati, G.; Pratesi, R. // Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal & Neonatal Edition;Sep2003, Vol. 88 Issue 5, pF430
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.
- The jaundiced newborn: Minimizing the risks. Hayes, Gloria // Patient Care;1/30/2000, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p45
Focuses on the management of the jaundiced full-term infant who has unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Physiologic jaundice; Jaundice in breastfed infants; Prevention and management of jaundice; Bilirubin toxicity. INSET: Shedding light on home phototherapy..
- phototherapy. Peters, Michael // BMA A-Z Family Medical Encyclopedia;2004, p607
An encyclopedia entry for "phototherapy" is presented. It refers to a treatment that uses light. It is said that moderate exposure to sunlight will improve the treatment of the skin disorder psoriasis. The psoralen drug and ultraviolet (UV) light (PUVA) therapy is used in the treatment of...
- Cuidados de EnfermerÃa en la fototerapia neonatal. Medina Ferreiro, Raquel; del Rio Gamiz, Cristina; Soriano Rafel, Mireia // Agora de Enfermeria;Sep2010, Vol. 14 Issue 23, p106
The phototherapy, like the same word expresses, is a therapy by the light and it's used when a neonate suffers from pathological jaundice or non physiological. The neonate must be placed under the intensive fluorescent light, blue or white, in order to decrease the bilirubin's levels on blood...
- Influence of bilirubin photoisomers on unbound bilirubin measurement in clinical settings. Okada, Hitoshi; Kusaka, Takashi; Koyano, Kaori; Koyano, Kosuke; Kunikata, Jun; Iwase, Takashi; Yasuda, Saneyuki; Isobe, Kenichi; Itoh, Susumu // Annals of Clinical Biochemistry;Nov2012, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p595
Background: Measured unbound bilirubin concentration is influenced by bilirubin photoisomers. Bilirubin photoisomers are produced even with only a slight light exposure, and clinical samples are inevitably exposed to light. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of bilirubin...
- Evaluation of Window-Tinting Films for Sunlight Phototherapy. Vreman, Hendrik J.; Slusher, Tina M.; Wong, Ronald J.; Schulz, Stephanie; Olusanya, Bolajoko O.; Stevenson, David K. // Journal of Tropical Pediatrics;Dec2013, Vol. 59 Issue 6, p496
We evaluated nine semi-transparent plastic window-tinting films for their ability to block ultraviolet A (UVA) and infrared (IR) radiation and transmit therapeutic blue light (400–520 nm) for treating jaundiced newborns. For indoor testing, three light sources (TL/52 special blue...
- Clinical Efficacy of Phenobarbital Combined with Blue Light Treatment on Refractory or Protracted Neonatal Jaundice. LIU Ling; ZHANG Lu; JIANG Yu-hui; CUI Shan; HE Can - lin // Journal of Kunming Medical University / Kunming Yike Daxue Xueba;2014, Vol. 35 Issue 11, p112
Objective The aim of this study was to observe the clinical efficacy of phenobarbital combined with blue light treatment on refractory or protracted neonatal jaundice. Methods The patients with refractory or protracted neonatal jaundice in Kunming Children's Hospital from December 2011 to June...
- FABRICAÇÃO DE SENSOR ORGÂNICO FLEXÃVEL PARA APLICAÇÃO EM TERAPIA COM LUZ AZUL. de Melo Silva, Mariana; Ferreira, Giovana Ribeiro; Schimitberger, Thiago; Bianchi, Rodrigo Fernando // Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração;jul-sep2011, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p179
Blue-light therapy (460 nm - 490 nm) is the most common treatment of jaundice in newborns. However, the efficiency of this treatment is dependent of two factors: (1) the spectrum of light source and (2) the delivered dose to the neonates. This work presents the development of a low-cost,...
- Therapeutic effects of probiotics on neonatal jaundice. Wenbin Liu; Huajun Liu; Taisen Wang; Xueqing Tang // Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences;Sep/Oct2015, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p1
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of probiotics on neonatal jaundice and the safety. Methods: Sixty-eight neonates with jaundice were divided into a control group and a treatment group (n=34) randomly, and treated by blue light phototherapy and that in combination with probiotics....
- Ratlarda deneysel tıkanma ikteri modelleri. Türk, Özgür; Badak, Bartu // Medical Journal of Suleyman Demirel University;2015, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p81
Obstructive jaundice is a common clinical table. Often causes are biliary stones, cholangio- cancers and pancreatic cancers. It is important to elucidate the mechanism of hepatocellular damage caused by Jaundice; in order to development of a new alternative therapy in the treatment. Thus;...
