Education and Training
Cycled Phototherapy
Cycled phototherapy (PT) is likely to increase survival over that with continuous PT among extremely premature infants (< 750 g BW or <27 weeks GA).
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- device: Phototherapy lights
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Infants is inborn
2. Infant is ≤ 750 grams at birth and/or < 27 weeks gestation at birth by best OB
estimate
3. Infant is 12-36 hours of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Unable to enroll infant by 36 hours of age
2. Previous phototherapy
3. Known hemolytic disease
4. TSB reported as >6.0 mg/dL before 12 hours age
5. Major anomaly
6. Overt nonbacterial infection
7. Infant is likely to expire soon: Limiting or withdrawal of intensive care is being
recommended to the parents, the parents are requesting withdrawal of care, or the pH
is < 6.80 or persistent bradycardia with hypoxemia for >2h.
Ages Eligible for Study
22 Weeks - 27 Weeks
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
M. Bethany Ball
723-5711
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