[Usefulness of the phototherapy lamp in treating hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants]. / Przydatnosc lampy do fototerapii w modyfikacji wlasnej w leczeniu hiperbilirubinemi u noworodków.

An efficiency of the treatment of jaundice with the lamp for phototherapy in own modification has been discussed. The lamp was used for the treatment of 82 neonates divided into three groups depending on the type of therapy: group I included 43 neonates treated with phototherapy alone; group II--32 neonates treated with phototherapy combined with blood transfusions, and group III--7 neonates treated with exchange blood transfusions alone. A mean time of irradiation in neonates of group I did not differ significantly from that used in group II (combined therapy) and did not depend on the cause of the jaundice. The number of blood transfusions decreased markedly with the use of phototherapy carried out with the lamp in own modification. This lamp proved highly effective in the treatment of the jaundice of various etiology and is the method of choice in case of life-threaten neonates.