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Comparison of Conventional Phototherapy and Fiberoptic Phototherapy in the Very-Low-Body-Weight Infants

傳統式照光與新式光織照光對早産兒之影響

摘要


Phototherapy is effectively employed for the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, but it may influence the physiological hemodynamics of the infants, such as skin blood flow, insensible water loss and the redistribution of cardiac output. This is a retrospective chart review study involved totally 42 very low birth weight prematures(birth body weight less than 1500gm, VLBW) who received conventional or fiberoptic phototherapy. Infants with congenital malformation, severe cardiorespiratory instability and the requirement of diuretics, mo tropics or blood transfusion were excluded. The body weight loss, daily intake/output and bilirubin level during the initial four days of phototherapy were analyzed. The results showed the efficacy of both methods was the same, while the fiberoptic therapy group had significantly more urine output (p<0.05), the body weight loss was not statistically significant. it is possible that the fiberoptic therapy group had less insensible water loss and less attenuation of the decrease of renal blood flow, this resulted in more urine output.

並列摘要


Phototherapy is effectively employed for the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, but it may influence the physiological hemodynamics of the infants, such as skin blood flow, insensible water loss and the redistribution of cardiac output. This is a retrospective chart review study involved totally 42 very low birth weight prematures(birth body weight less than 1500gm, VLBW) who received conventional or fiberoptic phototherapy. Infants with congenital malformation, severe cardiorespiratory instability and the requirement of diuretics, mo tropics or blood transfusion were excluded. The body weight loss, daily intake/output and bilirubin level during the initial four days of phototherapy were analyzed. The results showed the efficacy of both methods was the same, while the fiberoptic therapy group had significantly more urine output (p<0.05), the body weight loss was not statistically significant. it is possible that the fiberoptic therapy group had less insensible water loss and less attenuation of the decrease of renal blood flow, this resulted in more urine output.

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