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Babies with jaundice are often treated with phototherapy lamps, which emit blue-green light that alters the bilirubin (yellow substance found naturally in the baby's blood) so that it can be more easily excreted. Sunlight emits light in a similar spectrum.
16 sie 2019 · They describe that a jaundiced premature infant who had been placed outside in direct sunlight was noted to have much paler skin on the irradiated area than that covered by a diaper .
28 sie 2018 · In The Lancet Global Health, Tina M Slusher and colleagues 1 show, in a rigorous study with clear results, that filtered-sunlight phototherapy (FSPT) can be as efficacious and safe as conventional intensive electric phototherapy (IEPT) for treatment of moderate-to-severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in a simulated rural Nigerian setting. FSPT ...
26 sie 2024 · Phototherapy to treat hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants is associated with an increased risk of developing epilepsy for males in early childhood. No excess risk for febrile seizures is seen. A slight risk in childhood seizures diagnosed at ≥60 days postnatal age after adjustment for bilirubin measurements is observed.
photoisomerization. Excessive bombardment with photons has raised concerns for oxidative stress in very low birthweight versus term infants treated aggressively with phototherapy. Increased...
19 cze 2020 · Blue light-emitting diode (LED)-based devices eliminate this risk, but still have been associated with some photo-oxidation in exposed tissues.
Sunlight phototherapy for neonatal jaundice-time for its day in the sun? Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Oct;6 (10):e1052-e1053. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X (18)30396-6. Epub 2018 Aug 28.
