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Appendix H: Evidence tables

Bibliographic Study Type & Number of Intervention & Comparison Dichotomous outcomes Continuous Outcomes
Information Evidence Level Patients/Characteristics (E:C) (Mean:SD: N)
Mean GA: 33.8 ± 2.49 weeks
Phototherapy was continuous with
Mean BW: 2078 ± 605 gms breaks for feeding etc
Age at entry to study
74.0 ± 31.9 hours Babies were naked except for eye
Mean TSB: patches and diapers
221 ± 60 micromol/litre

Author: Ebbesen F Methodology: N: 85 Group 1: :
RCT Blue phototherapy
Year: Inclusion:
2003 Blinding: Preterm infants (28 – Group 2:
Not reported 36.8 weeks), Turquoise phototherapy
Country: Age > 24 hours,
Denmark Randomisation: Non-haemolytic Treatment duration was fixed (48 hours)
Not reported hyperbilirubinaemia
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ID: Phototherapy consisted of either 6 blue
Evidence level: Exclusion: + 2 daylight fluorescent lamps 32 cm
1 - Not reported above the baby or 6 turquoise +
2 daylight fluorescent lamps 32 cm
Demographics: above the baby.
Gender (M/F): 49/36
Mean GA: Not reported Irradiance for turquoise lamps was
Mean BW: Not reported 2.72 ± 0.25 mW/cm 2
Age at entry to study Irradiance for blue lamps was
Not reported 2
Mean TSB: Not reported 3.52 ± 0.33 mW/cm
Irradiance for white lamps was
0.56 ± 0.07 mW/cm 2

Phototherapy was continuous with
breaks for feeding etc

Babies were naked except for eye
patches and diapers

Author: Ayyash H Methodology: Study 1: Full-term Group 1: Study 1 – Full-term
RCT Blue Phototherapy Mean duration of phototherapy
Year: N: 200 Group 1: 49.88 ± 3.02 hours
1987 Blinding: Group 2:
Not reported Inclusion: Green Phototherapy Group 2: 42.68 ± 2.74 hours
Country: Idiopathic jaundice
Greece Randomisation: Phototherapy consisted of 5, either Mean change in TSB:
Not reported Exclusion: green or blue, fluorescent tubes Group 1: -39 ± 2 micromol/litre
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ID: Haemolytic jaundice mounted on a conventional
Group 2: -43± 2 micromol/litre

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