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Is sunlight an effective treatment for infants with jaundice?
Author(s) -
Johnston Renea V,
Anderson Jeremy N,
Prentice Cheryl
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05260.x
Subject(s) - library science , officer , citation , medical library , medicine , medical education , psychology , political science , law , computer science
The formulated search question followed a standard patients/interventions/comparisons/outcomes (PICO) format. Patients were term newborn infants with physiological jaundice (see Box), and the intervention w s exposure to sunlight. Clinical outcomes of interest were primarily a reduction of jaundice. A randomised controlled trial comparing sunlight exposure to no treatment or another treatment would be the most appropriate study design to answer this clinical question.