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  • Title: [Efficacy of phototherapy in the low weight newborn infant: relation to gestational age, birth weight and intra-uterine growth].
    Author: Romagnoli C, Cataldi L, De Carolis MP, Zecca E, Luciano R, Tortorolo G.
    Journal: Pediatr Med Chir; 1983; 5(5):305-10. PubMed ID: 6544409.
    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.
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