PEDIATRICS Vol. 67 No. 3 March 1981, pp. 368-372
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Comparative Measurements of Phototherapy: A Practical Guide

Cathy Hammerman MD1, Arthur I. Eidelman MD1, Kwang-sun Lee MD1, and Lawrence M. Gartner MD1

1 Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York

Increasing the dose of administered phototherapy has been shown to increase the rate of bilirubin decrement up to a saturation point beyond which no further increases in bilirubin degradation are observed. This study provides irradiance measurements which can be used to interpret phototherapy dose-response and saturation data clinically and to determine an optimal phototherapy lamp combination for maximal bilirubin degradation.

Submitted on December 17, 1979
Accepted on June 16, 1980