The Comparison of the Efficacy of Green Versus White Light in The Phototherapy of Neonatal Jaundice
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neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, phototherapy, green lightAbstract
This study was carried out to compare the effıcacy of white light to green light in the phototherapy of neona tal jaundice. 90 full-term, healthy newborns with neonatal jaundice who were over 2500 grams at birth, and had no any pathology such as malformations, contusions and cephalhematoma examination and did not have any problems in the antenatal, natal and postnatal periods, were included in this study in two groııps. 50 infants received phototherapy by white light and the other 40 infants by green light. The laboratory and clinical values of the rwo groups were simi/ar in ali parameters. The declination rate of decline of serum bilirubin concentrarions was 0,097 nıg/dl/hour in the white light group and O. J 9 nıgldl/hour in the greeıı light group. The duration of treatment in white light group was 58±12, 7 hours and 39±15 hours in green light group. Green light was observed to be faster and more effective than white light.
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