RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Blue double light. Improved method of phototherapy.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 476
OP 478
DO 10.1136/adc.51.6.476
VO 51
IS 6
A1 F Ebbsen
A1 J Moller
YR 1976
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/51/6/476.abstract
AB In newborn infants with rhesus haemolytic disease the effect of phototherapy with blue light (28 cases) on both sides of the infant was compared with the effect of traditional white light phototherapy on one side of the infant (42 cases). The number of exchange transfusions performed after the first 12 hours of life was significantly lower in the blue double light group. It is concluded that the application of blue double light may be a superior means of applying phototherapy in rhesus haemolytic disease.