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Appendix H: Evidence tables

Bibliographic Study Type & Number of Intervention & Comparison Dichotomous outcomes Continuous Outcomes Comments
Information Evidence Level Patients/Characteristics (E:C) (Mean:SD: N)
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1 + percentile or above 90 phototherapy Group 4: 5/36
percentile
Venous hematocrit > 65% Group 4:
Significant bruising Continue breastfeeding, add Conventional
Large cephalhematoma Phototherapy
Haemolytic disease
Conventional Phototherapy consisted of
Demographics: Quartz halide spot unit
Gender (M/F):70/55 Irradiance = 10 microwatt/cm²
Light band = 400 – 480 nm
Mean GA: 39.2 ± 0.9 weeks
Mean BW: 3404 ± 361gms Babies were naked with eyes patched in a
Age at entry to study: Not bassinet
reported
Phototherapy discontinued at TSB
< 231 micromol/litre
Mean TSB: 306 ± 12
micromol/litre

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