Phototherapy with turquoise versus blue light

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2003 Sep;88(5):F430-1. doi: 10.1136/fn.88.5.f430.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Color Therapy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperbilirubinemia / therapy
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / blood
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / therapy*
  • Male