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Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice with Filtered Sunlight Phototherapy
Pictured: Sunlight phototherapy tents are designed to protect babies from harmful UV and infrared light while they are receiving phototherapy. Mothers and babies are able to be together under the tents during treatment. | | PI: | Tina Slusher, M.D. | | COLLABORATING PI: | Henk Vreman, Ph.D.
Dr. Bolojoka Olusanya | | COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS: | Stanford University | | FUNDING SOURCE: | Thrasher Research Fund | | STUDY SUMMARY: | Current data suggests that severe newborn jaundice and its progression to kernicterus is a leading cause of deaths and disabilities among newborns in the developing world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In many African countries, most infants live in villages far from clinical facilities that could provide conventional commercial phototherapy (PT). This study aims to test the safety and efficacy of a more readily available method for treatment of pathologic jaundice: filtered sunlight phototherapy. |
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