position changes are believed to increase the efficacy of phototherapy and this practice is routinely used in all neonatal departments in our country. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of routine turning on the total serum bilirubin (tsb) concentration versus only supine position. in a randomized clinical trial fifty healthy term jaundiced neonates who were admitted to the neona...

Background: Phototherapy is the most effective and commonly used treatment for neonatal jaundice, which reduces the need to exchange transfusion. Today, phototherapy is widely used even in unnecessary cases; however, clinicians who use phototherapy should be aware of the possible adverse effects of this treatment to avoid unnecessary use of it. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relati...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to assess the usefulness of day 3 (49 to 72 hours) pre-phototherapy total serum bilirubin (TSB) in predicting subsequent significant hyperbilirubinaemia (SHB) and the feasibility of early discharge for term and near-term glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient newborns. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study involved in born G6PD deficient ...

OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that LED phototherapy with combined 660-nm and 890-nm light will promote healing of venous ulcers that failed to respond to other forms of treatment. BACKGROUND DATA A variety of dressings, growth factors, and adjunct therapies are used to treat venous ulcers, but none seems to yield satisfactory results. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used a randomized placebo-...

The purpose of the present paper is to provide our data on the effects of phototherapy on peripheral nerve recovery. The aim is to call attention to an issue that still requires much research to elucidate the biological mechanisms through which phototherapy exerts its effects on nerve tissue, and to provide clinicians with the basis for planning clinical trials on the use of phototherapy for en...

background: phototherapy is believed to be a safe method for the management of hyperbilirubinemia. however, there are some controversial issues regarding the genotoxic effects of phototherapy on dna. the aim of this study was to investigate morphologically both phototherapy-induced dna double-strand breaks (dsbs) and apoptosis in lymphocytes derived from jaundiced and non-jaundiced neonates. me...

BACKGROUND Phototherapy is considered the standard of care for neonatal jaundice. However, its short-term cardiorespiratory effects have not been studied thoroughly. OBJECTIVES To assess the cardiorespiratory effect of phototherapy during sleep in term infants with physiologicjaundice. METHODS We performed two polysomnography studies during 3 hours sleep in 10 healthy term infants with phys...

A citretin plus UV-B phototherapy is a highly effective and relatively safe treatment for psoriasis, limited by the inconvenience and cost of office-based treatment. Home phototherapy offers greater convenience, but the safety and efficacy of its use outside the physician’s office has not been well studied. The purpose of this study is to provide a preliminary assessment of home-based narrowban...

background : vitiligo is an acquired disease of skin that presents with depigmented patches due to lack of melanocytes in the epidermis. accumulation of toxic free radicals like hydrogen peroxide in the epidermis may be responsible for melanocytes death. since ethyl vanillate (vanillic acid ethyl ester) is a strong hydrogen peroxide scavenger, it may be effective against vitiligo. this study wa...