1315 ORAL AGAR IS AN EFFECTIVE ADJUNCT TO PHOTOTHERAPY OF HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA

Autor: G Yang, G R Gutcher, G B Odell, P Whittington
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Pediatric Research. 15:662-662
ISSN: 1530-0447
0031-3998
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198104001-01344
Popis: Fifty two (52) infants required phototherapy for non-hemolytic jaundice and were also tolerant of enteral feedings. Thirty one (31) received 250 mg agar q8h while 21 served as controls. Treated and control infants were not significantly different for birthweight, sex distribution, serum bilirubins or salicylate saturation indices and bile acids at the initiation and cessation of phototherapy. The duration of phototherapy was 37.5±3.2(S.E.) hrs. in the agar-treated and 48.1±5.0 hrs. in the control infants (p
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