Filtered sunlight versus intensive electric powered phototherapy in moderate-to-severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

Filtered sunlight versus intensive electric powered phototherapy in moderate-to-severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial

Summary: Background: Kernicterus resulting from severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia is a leading cause of preventable deaths and disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries, partly because high-quality intensive phototherapy is unavailable. Previously, we showed that filtered-sunlight ph...

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Main Authors: Tina M Slusher, ProfMD, Hendrik J Vreman, PhD, Ann M Brearley, PhD, Yvonne E Vaucher, ProfMD, Ronald J Wong, BS, David K Stevenson, ProfMD, Olumide T Adeleke, MBBS, Ifelayo P Ojo, MPH, Grace Edowhorhu, FMLS, Troy C Lund, PhD, Daniel A Gbadero, MBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X18303735

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