All issues > Volume 26(4); 1983

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(4):299-303. Published online April 30, 1983.

The Effect of Blue Light and White Light, Continous and Intermittent Phototherapy in the Treatment of Jaundice for the Low Birth Weight Infants.

Ki Tae Kim¹, Heon Kyung Lee¹, Woo Yeong Chung¹, Soon Youg Lee¹, Yeon Soon Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Inje Medical College Busan Paik Hosp.
²Department of Pediatrics，Busan Childrens Hosp.

Abstract

The effect of phototherapy was studied between blue and white lights, and continuous and intermittent regimens in the treatment of jaundice for the low birth weights at Busan Children’s Hospital from October, 1981 to March, 1982. The results were as following: 1) The duration of phototherapy necessary to reduce serum bilirubin level below 8 mg/dl were 58.9 hours with blue light, and 102.3 hours with white light respectively. (P<0.01) 2) The serum bilirubin level started to decrease at 2.6 days of age with blue light, while at 3.7 days of age with white light. (P<0.01) 3) The body weight loss during phototherapy was 2.9% per day with blue light, and 1.4% per day with white light. (P<0.01) 4) There was no significant difference of statistics on the effect of phototherapy between continuous and intermittent regimens.

Keywords :Phototherapy; Low birth weight infants; and Jaundice.