OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of two phototherapy guidelines for the treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn babies weighing less than 2,000 g. METHODS Eighty-one newborn infants with birth weight less than 2,000 g were studied. They were divided in two groups: the "early" group, which started phototherapy 12 hours after birth, undergoing treatment for at least 96 hours; and the "late" gro...

Abstract Introduction Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disease represented by melanocytes destruction. Clinically, it evolves with spots that are lighter than normal color. Periodical evaluation of patients recommended, including thyroid function. Phototherapy its gold standard treatment, consisting in specific range ultraviolet B (UVB) light sections. Sleep may play immunological role, and shoul...

Jaundiced babies undergoing phototherapy often develop diarrhoea. The cause of it is still uncertain. Increasing evidence supports a role of a secretory mechanism for the diarrhoea. We therefore studied the effects of bile from congenitally jaundiced rats undergoing phototherapy and of unconjugated bilirubin on rat small intestine in vivo and in vitro. Results suggest that: (1) the bile from ho...

patients with allergic rhinitis (ar) show increased production of the th2-related cytokines. almost always, intranasal corticosteroid (inc) and antihistamine are used as routine therapy of ar. this study was performed to determine the in vitro secretion of cytokines profiles of pbmcs in patients with ar sensitive to chenopodium album (ch.a) pollens before and after treatment with inc (fluticaso...

objective conjunctivitis is a common disease in neonates. several bacterial and viral infectious agents may cause it. tear circulation and blinking has protective effects from bacterial colonization in the conjuntival sac. reduced blinking increases the possibility of bacterial conjunctivitis. we studied the effect of eye patches on bacterial colonization of the conjunctival sac.  methods in 10...

objective- this study aimed to compare sedation efficacy in intranasal administration of xylazine, diazepam and midazolam with or without ketamine in chough. design- to determine the sedation efficacy, an experimental in vivo study was employed. animals- seven healthy choughs were examined in the current study. procedures- with an interval of one week, seven healthy adult non domesticated choug...

background atopic dermatitis (ad) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. phototherapy is considered as an effective treatment modality in severe cases. objectives in this study, we proposed to evaluate the efficacy of bath puva (psoralen plus ultraviolet a) in the treatment of severe and atopic dermatitis. patients and methods twenty-eight patients with severe atopic dermatitis were included i...