Is sunlight an effective treatment for infants with jaundice?

Johnston, Renea V; Anderson, Jeremy N; Prentice, Cheryl

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05260.x

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"Is sunlight an effective treatment for jaundice in term infants?" A women's health educator at Southern Health wanted to know if there was any evidence that sunlight helps to reduce physiological jaundice in healthy term infants.

1 Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Southern Health, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC.
2 Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin, VIC.

Correspondence:

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3. American Academy of Pediatrics. Practice parameter: management of hyper-bilirubinaemia in the healthy term newborn. Pediatrics 1994; 94: 558-565.
4. Harrison SL, Buettner PG, MacLennan R. Why do mothers still sun their infants? J Paediatr Child Health 1999; 35: 296-299.

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