Open AccessVariation in the Phototherapy Practices and Irradiance of Devices in a Major Metropolitan Area
Author(s) -
Amy R. Borden,
Katie Satrom,
Paul Wratkowski,
T. Neville George,
Constance A Adkisson,
Hendrik J. Vreman,
Austin Johnson,
Kent J Nichols,
Tina M. Slusher
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000485369
Subject(s) - irradiance , metropolitan area , medicine , variation (astronomy) , optometry , optics , physics , pathology , astrophysics
Phototherapy (PT) is widely used to prevent and treat severe hyperbilirubinemia and its associated risks for both acute and chronic bilirubin encephalopathy. Intensive PT, recommended for inpatient treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in term and near-term infants, is defined as having a spectral irradiance of ≥30 μW/cm2/nm.