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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)
Evidence level: phototherapy unit.
1 - Demographics: Study 2 – Preterm
Gender (M/F): Not reported Mean duration of phototherapy
Mean GA: 38.9 ± 0.14 weeks Group 1: 53.29 ± 5.9 hours
Mean BW: 3394 ± 43 gms Group 2: 53.26 ± 5.52 hours
Age at entry to study
101.8 ± 4.32 hours Mean change in TSB:
Mean TSB: Group 1: -34 ± 6 micromol/litre
286 ± 60 micromol/litre Group 2: -38 ± 8 micromol/litre

Study 2: Preterm

N: 62

Inclusion:
Idiopathic jaundice

Exclusion:
Haemolytic jaundice

Demographics:
Gender (M/F): Not reported
Mean GA: 34.6 ± 0.36 weeks
Mean BW: 2361 ± 102 gms
Age at entry to study
85.6 ± 5.52 hours
Mean TSB:
239 ± 16 micromol/litre
Author: Amato M Methodology: N: 30 Group 1: ET: Mean duration of phototherapy
RCT Blue Phototherapy Group 1: 0/15 Group 1: 34 ± 10 hours
Year: Inclusion: Group 2: 0/15
1991 Blinding: Idiopathic hyperbilirubinaemia Group 2: Group 2: 70 ± 23 hours
Not reported TSB ≥ 250 micromol/litre Green Phototherapy Rebound jaundice:
Country: Group 1: 12/15 Mean change in TSB:
Switzerland Randomisation: Exclusion: Phototherapy consisted of either blue or Group 2: 3/15 Group 1: -157 ± 22 micromol/litre
Random numbers Perinatal asphyxia, green fluorescent tubes 30cm above the
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ID: table Apgar < 4 at 1 minute and < 6 at mattress. The baby was placed naked, Group 2: -154 ± 31 micromol/litre
5 minutes, except for eye patches and gonadal
Evidence level: Signs of haemolytic disease, protection, on a Plexiglas surface.
1 + secondary hyperbilirubinaemia
Light spectral range of green tubes was
Demographics: 350–650 nm and 300–600 for the blue
Gender (M/F): 13/17 tubes

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