PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 6 June 1976, pp. 836-838
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Phototherapy for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in "Healthy" and "Ill" Infants

K. L. Tan M.B., M.R.C.P.E., D.C.H.1

1 Department of Paediatrics, University of Singapore, Singapore

The effectiveness of phototherapy for nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia was evaluated in two groups of closely matched newborns, one group consisting of "healthy" and the other of "ill" infants. Phototherapy was equally effective in reducing bilirubin levels in both groups of infants. It would seem to be the treatment of choice in all infants with nonhemolytic hyperbilirubinemia, especially ill infants in whom its simplicity, safety, and effectiveness would make it an ideal form of therapy.

Submitted on August 20, 1975
Accepted on September 29, 1975