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Studies on the effect of phototherapy on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia among low-birth-weight infants. I. Skin color

1969; Elsevier BV; Volume: 75; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-3476(69)80344-6

1097-6833

Sergio O. Porto, Rosita S. Pildes, Harold S. Goodman,

Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

A N u M BER of publications have appeared describing the use of blue fluorescent lights in the clinical management of jaundice in the newborn infant. The decrease of serum bilirubin could be caused by the photooxidation of bilirubin in the skin 1, 4 or by displacement of bilirubin outside the vascular space by alteration of the protein binding of bilirubin by the phototherapy, s Since infants with different skin color may show a dissimilar response to phototherapy, it appeared important that controlled studies on the effects of light should be carried out in both Caucasian and Negro babies.