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FOLLOW‐UP STUDY OF PHOTOTREATED FULLTERM NEWBORNS
Author(s) -
VALKEAKARI TAPIO,
ANTTOLAINEN ILKKA,
AUREKOSKI HEIKKI,
BJÖRKQVIST STIGERIK
Publication year - 1981
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.1651-2227.1981.tb07167.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics
. Valkeakari, T., Anttolainen, I., Aurekoski, H. and Bjbrkqvist, S.‐E. (Departments of Paediatrics, University of Oulu, Oulu, and Central Hospital, Lahti, and Department of Ophthalmology, Middle Ostrobothnian Central Hospital, Kokkola, Finland). Follow‐up study of phototreated fullterm newborns. Acta Paediatr Scand, 70:21, 1981. A follow‐up study including examinations made by a paediatrician, an ophthalmologist and a psychologist and complemented with EEG‐recordings and a number of laboratory determinations was performed at the age of 3 years on 41 children who had received phototherapy during the first week of life and on 42 control children of the same age. No differences were found in growth, development, social maturity, neurological or ophthalmologic disorders, EEG‐recordings or laboratory determinations between both groups. It seems unlikely that phototherapy causes any harmful longterm effects provided that the eyes are shielded.