Aggressive vs. Conservative Phototherapy for Infants with Extremely Low Birth Weight

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether aggressive phototherapy to prevent neurotoxic effects of bilirubin benefits or harms infants with extremely low birth weight (1000 g or less). METHODS: We randomly assigned 1974 infants with extremely low birth weight at 12 to 36 hours of age to undergo either aggre...

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Main Authors: Morris, Brenda H., Oh, William, Tyson, Jon E., Stevenson, David K., Phelps, Dale L., O'Shea, T. Michael, McDavid, Georgia E., Perritt, Rebecca L., Van Meurs, Krisa P., Vohr, Betty R., Grisby, Cathy, Yao, Qing, Pedroza, Claudia, Das, Abhik, Poole, W. Kenneth, Carlo, Waldemar A., Duara, Shahnaz, Laptook, Abbot R., Salhab, Walid A., Shankaran, Seetha, Poindexter, Brenda B., Fanaroff, Avroy A., Walsh, Michele C., Rasmussen, Maynard R., Stoll, Barbara J., Cotten, C. Michael, Donovan, Edward F., Ehrenkranz, Richard A., Guillet, Ronnie, Higgins, Rosemary D.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821221/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18971491
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0803024
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