Phototherapy.

Dobbs, Richard H.; Cremer, Reinhold

doi:10.1136/adc.50.11.833

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“…Ward, the nurse in charge of the Premature Baby Unit at the Rochford General Hospital in Essex, England. 2 She recognized that when jaundiced infants were exposed to the sun they became less yellow and this observation led a pediatric resident (or registrar), R. J. Cremer to conduct an experiment. He placed 13 jaundiced preterm infants, naked, in direct sunlight alternating with shade, for 15 to 20 minutes.…”

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Phototherapy — Traditional and Nontraditional

2001

J Perinatol

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Phototherapy — Traditional and Nontraditional

2001

J Perinatol

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“…Meanwhile, hospital biochemists noted erroneously low bilirubin levels in samples sitting in sunlight before processing. 3 Soon afterward came the first evidence for light as an effective therapy for infantile hyperbilirubinemia. 4 A decade later the landmark randomized controlled trial showing the efficacy of phototherapy was published by Pediatrics editor Jerold Lucey in 1968.…”

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A Tale of Two Hospitals: The Evolution of Phototherapy Treatment for Neonatal Jaundice

Weiss

Zimmerman

2013

Pediatrics

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“…Phototherapy started in 1958 (185), and 10 y after its introduction, it was reintroduced in the United States for use in preterm infants by Jerold Lucey (186). There was contentious debate about its safety in the early days, but it now is an established treatment modality that helps to prevent kernicterus in preterm infants.…”

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The Evolution of Neonatology

Philip

2005

Pediatr Res

544

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In 1960, the terms "neonatology" and "neonatologist" were introduced. Thereafter, an increasing number of pediatricians devoted themselves to full-time neonatology. In 1975, the first examination of the Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine of the American Board of Pediatrics and the first meeting of the Perinatal Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics were held. One of the most important factors that improved the care of the neonate was the miniaturization of blood samples needed to determine blood gases, serum electrolytes, glucose, calcium, bilirubin, and other biochemical measurements. Another factor was the ability to provide nutrition intravenously, and the third was the maintenance of normal body temperature. The management of respiratory distress syndrome improved with i.v. glucose and correction of metabolic acidosis, followed by assisted ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure, antenatal corticosteroid administration, and the introduction of exogenous surfactant. Pharmacologic manipulation of the ductus arteriosus, support of blood pressure, echocardiography, and changes in the management of persistent pulmonary hypertension, including the use of nitric oxide and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, all have influenced the cardiopulmonary management of the neonate. Regionalization of neonatal care; changes in parent-infant interaction; and technological changes such as phototherapy, oxygen saturation monitors, and brain imaging techniques are among the important advances reviewed in this report. Most remarkable, a 1-kg infant who was born in 1960 had a mortality risk of 95% but had a 95% probability of survival by 2000. However, errors in neonatology are acknowledged, and potential directions for the future are explored. Abbreviations AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ELBW, extremely low birth weight HMD, hyaline membrane disease iNO, inhaled nitric oxide IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage L/S, ratio of lecithin, phosphatidyl choline, to sphingomyelin NICU, neonatal intensive care unit PDA, patent ductus arteriosus PEEP, positive end expiratory pressure PPHN, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn PVH, periventricular hemorrhage RDS, respiratory distress syndrome ROP, retinopathy of prematurity SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome VLBW, very low birth weight VON, Vermont-Oxford Network "There is need for specialization in neonatal medicine. This applies to doctors and nurses as well as teaching and construction of hospitals. The specialist in neonatal diseases and the nurse intensively trained and expert in the management of delicate newborns will be commonplace ere long." J.W. Ballantyne, 1923 (1) "In previous times the problems of the newborn child have been the province of the obstetrician, a field in which he has taken comparatively little interest and to which he has contributed little. As pediatricians we have but s...

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Phototherapy.

Cited by 54 publications

References 4 publications

Phototherapy — Traditional and Nontraditional

Phototherapy — Traditional and Nontraditional

A Tale of Two Hospitals: The Evolution of Phototherapy Treatment for Neonatal Jaundice

The Evolution of Neonatology

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