Hello,

Does use of LED phototherapy brings down bilirubin level faster than doble surface or blue light phototherapy?

What is the preference in your unit?

dr.r.selvan

Hi

yes LED phototherpay is better than ordinary phototherapy, we are not using it in our unit. following link may be useful;

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808577/

•5 years back the Light Emitting Diode devices can provide higher irradiance as compared to conventional phototherapy.

•but now Light Emitting Diode (LED) phototherapy units are at least as efficacious and as safe as Compact Fluorescent please folw the link

Tube (CFT) phototherapy units in healthy term and late-preterm neonates with non-hemolytic jaundice.

http://medind.nic.in/ibv/t10/i2/ibvt10i2p131.pdf(Light-emitting Diodes versus Compact Fluorescent Tubes

for Phototherapy in Neonatal Jaundice:)

A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial

Edited June 9, 201015 yr by JACK

Thank you.It's useful

dr.r.selvan

i am making research on intensive photo therapy please if any one knowns any site i can return to it to collect information