Case of congenital nonobstructive, nonhaemolytic jaundice. Successful long-term phototherapy at home.

Comparison of treatments for congenital nonobstructive nonhaemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia.

A patient with Crigler-Najjar disease has survived with the help of phototherapy to the age of 2 years without neurological damage. Because long periods of phototherapy are a threat to normal development, a search was made for supplementary treatments. Cholestyramine and a high fat diet were effective, and possibly also aspartic acid. Maintenance therapy with cholestyramine allowed the amount o...

Relative roles of phototherapy and phenobarbitone in treatment of nonhaemolytic neonatal jaundice.

Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice.

n engl j med 358;9 www.nejm.org february 28, 2008 920 A male infant weighing 3400 g was born at 37 weeks’ gestation after an uncomplicated pregnancy. The mother is a 24-year-old primipara who has type A Rh-positive blood. The infant’s course in the hospital nursery was uncomplicated. Although his mother needed considerable help in establishing effective breast-feeding, he was exclusively breast...

Review of home phototherapy.

BACKGROUND Outpatient phototherapy is a safe, effective, and low-cost treatment modality for moderate to severe psoriasis. Barriers to outpatient phototherapy including patient inconvenience, patient co-pays, decreased physician compensation, and insurance disincentive structures have led to decreased use and underutilization of phototherapy. Home phototherapy can potentially overcome many of t...

Mirror covered tunnel phototherapy increases the efficacy of phototherapy for neonatal jaundice

Objective: Neonatal  jaundice (NJ)  is  one of the  most  common  cause  of  neonatal  hospital  admission.  Phototherapy is the main therapy for hyperbilirubinemia of neonatal jaundice. The efficacy of phototherapy depends on the dose and wavelength of light used and the surface area exposed. We  increased  photons  in  mirror  covered  tunnel  phototherapy  (MCTP)  by  putting  mirrors behind...