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  • Title: [Fiberoptic phototherapy for neonatal icterus--comments to a Cochrane report].
    Author: Hansen TW.
    Journal: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen; 2002 Jan 10; 122(1):45-7. PubMed ID: 11851295.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-four studies filled the inclusion criteria for a Cochrane report on the use of fiberoptic phototherapy for neonatal jaundice. Fiberoptic phototherapy lowers serum bilirubin and may have a place in the treatment of neonatal jaundice. In term and near-term infants fiberoptic phototherapy is inferior to conventional phototherapy, whereas in premature infants the effects are comparable. A better effect is achieved when conventional and fiberoptic phototherapy are combined as compared to conventional phototherapy alone. Fiberoptic phototherapy has not been shown to interfere less with parent-infant bonding than conventional phototherapy. There is still a great need for more research on phototherapy for neonatal jaundice.
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