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EFFECT OF LIGHT EXPOSURE ON GUT TRANSIT TIME IN JAUNDICED NEWBORNS
Author(s) -
RUBALTELLI F. F.,
LARGAJOLLI G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1973.tb08082.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transit time , jaundice , bilirubin , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal transit , physiology , engineering , transport engineering
Summary In order to elucidate the mechanism by which phototherapy induces loose stools in newborns, studies were performed on the speed of gut transit by performing the Carmine Red test on normal newborn, on jaundiced newborns before and after phototherapy. A statistically accelerated intestinal transit was observed in jaundiced newborns treated with phototherapy. The increased rate of intestinal transit produced by phototherapy is probably due to the action of the photo‐decomposition derivatives of bilirubin, which are excreted during phototherapy.