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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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