Congenital Nonobstructive, Nonhemolytic Jaundice: Effect of Phototherapy

Rafael Gorodischer, Gerhard Levy, Joseph Krasner, Sumner J. Yaffe

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    Abstract

    SERUM bilirubin concentrations of newborn infants can be reduced by exposure to sunlight or artificial blue light.1 These findings have been confirmed by many investigators in this country and (especially) abroad. More recently, phototherapy has been applied in a prophylactic manner to modify the degree of hyperbilirubinemia in premature infants.2 In the case reported below phototherapy was used successfully to reduce serum bilirubin concentration in an older infant with congenital, nonobstructive, nonhemolytic jaundice unresponsive to phenobarbital therapy. Case Report R.D.T. (C.H. 477291), an obviously icteric infant with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (serum bilirubin as high as 35.4 mg per 100 ml, with.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)375-377
    Number of pages3
    JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
    Volume282
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 12 Feb 1970

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Medicine

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