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Neonatal jaundice

Bibliographic Study Type & Number of Intervention & Comparison Dichotomous outcomes Continuous Outcomes
Information Evidence Level Patients/Characteristics (E:C) (Mean:SD: N)
72 hours lights 38 cm above the baby. Group 2: - 156 ± 67 micromol/litre
Evidence level: TSB ≥ 291 micromol/litre at
1 - ≥ 72 hours Double Conventional phototherapy Stools/day:
consisted of single phototherapy plus an
Exclusion: additional bank of 8 20watt daylight Group 1: 2.8 ± 1.7
Babies who had been on fluorescents lamps 32 cm below the Group 2: 2.2 ± 1.4
ventilator support or incubator, baby.
Babies who had been on A ventilated fan was used to prevent
phototherapy, overheating
Direct hyperbilirubinaemia
Target irradiance was 9–
Demographics: 10microW/cm /nm
2
Gender (M/F) : 34/17
Mean GA: 38.7 ± 1.29 weeks Phototherapy was discontinued when
Mean BW: 3104 ± 284 TSB < 205 micromol/litre at < 96 hours
of age or TSB < 256 micromol/litre at
Age at entry to study > 96 hours of age
74.6 ± 27.4
Mean TSB:
316 ± 47 micromol/litre
Author: Methodology: n: 60 Group 1: ET: Mean change in TSB:
Boonyarittipong P RCT Single Conventional phototherapy Group 1: 0/30 Group 1: -111 ± 39 micromol/litre
Inclusion: Group 2: 0/30
Year: 2008 Blinding: Full term (37– Group 2: Group 2: -144 ± 36 micromol/litre
Not reported 42 weeks), Double Conventional phototherapy Treatment failure:
Country: Thailand Birthweight > 2500gms, Group 1: 0/30 Stools/day:
Randomisation: Apgar > 6 T 1 and 5 minutes Group 2: 0/30 Group 1: 2.8 ± 1.7
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ID: Not reported TSB between 222 - Single Conventional phototherapy
340 micromol/litre, consisted of 4 blue and 2 daylight Group 2: 2.2 ± 1.4
Evidence level: Nonhemolytic fluorescent lamps at least 30 cm above
1 - hyperbilirubinaemia the baby
Exclusively breastfed, Mean irradiance was
2
32.7 ± 2.6microW/cm /nm
Exclusion:
Not reported Baby wore eye patches and cotton

Demographics: diapers
Gender (M/F): 32/28 Double Conventional phototherapy
Mean GA: 38.6 ± 1.15 weeks (Neonatal Jaundice phototherapy
Mean BW: 3130 ± 311 gms apparatus/XHZ) was single
phototherapy and an additional bank of
Age at entry to study
Not reported 4 blue fluorescent lamps 25 cm beneath
Mean TSB: the bassinet.
A fan was used to prevent overheating
260 ± 30 micromol/litre
Mean irradiance of overhead unit was

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