Effect of phototherapy based radiometer on duration and complications of phototherapy unit
- Conditions
- neonatal jaundice.
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013070813901N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
1.written consent of the parents;
2.babies are born on time and total serum bilirubin levels AAP clinical guideline needs to have phototherapy;
3.newborn babies need a physician's order on a conventional phototherapy;
4.infants greater than 35 weeks gestational age;
5.infants are clinically stable condition (no signs of respiratory distress, cardiovascular problems, sepsis, mechanical ventilation, and lack of other risk factors);
6.No major congenital abnormal in the baby.
Exclusion criteria:
1.asphyxia prenatal (birth, APGAR score less than 4 at 1 minute or less than 7 at 5 minutes of birth);
2.Incidence clinical signs of sepsis or blood cultures during phototherapy;
3.the need for blood transfusions during the study;
4.Incidence clinical benefit of Kern icterus
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Phototherapy based on radiometric. Timepoint: Every 8 hours until discharge. Method of measurement: radiometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method