Health Condition 1: null- Neonates with Jaundice requiring phototherapy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Dual Peak Blue-Green Light Emitting Diode phototherapy: This phototherapy provides a spectral Irradiance of 35 µW/cm2/nm at 15-20 cm and wavelength of 2 peaks at 450 & 548 nm
Control
Sponsors
PGIMER Chandigarh
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All consecutive neonates >28 weeks gestation, admitted with non-hemolytic hyper-bilirubinemia requiring phototherapy in the first two weeks of life will be eligible for enrollment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a. Gestation less than or equal to 28 weeks of gestation b. Non- availability of at least 1 phototherapy study machine of each type. c. Clinical signs of Acute Bilirubin encephalopathy d. Serum Total Bilirubin (STB) within 3 mg/dL of the cut-off for exchange transfusion e. Babies who already underwent exchange transfusion f. Clinical evidence of hemolysis e.g. anemia, hepato-splenomegaly g. Onset of jaundice in first 24 hours of life h. Babies with lethal congenital malformations
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| serum total bilirubin at 24 hours of starting phototherapyTimepoint: serum total bilirubin at 24 hours of starting phototherapy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1 Duration of phototherapy 2 Proportion of â??failure of single surface phototherapyâ?? 3 episodes of hypothermia and hyperthermia 4 Nursing staff comfort levelsTimepoint: From initiation to end of phototherapy | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactPraveen Kumar
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Outcome results
None listed