Effect of phototherapy on hypocalcemia

Prevalence of Phototherapy Induced Hypocalcemia in Term Neonate

It seems that prevalence of phototherapy associated hypocalcemia is not so high and we recommend further and larger studies for estimation of this prevalence ...

Hypocalcemia in jaundiced neonates receiving phototherapy - PMC

The range of hypocalcemia varied from very low levels to just borderline decrease in total calcium. This in turn can have clinical impact and adds to the ...

Phototherapy Induced Hypocalcemia in Neonates with ...

Hypocalcemia has clinical impact and adds to morbidity, and if left untreated, can lead to mortality. Key words: Hypocalcemia, Neonates, Patent ductus ...

Effect of phototherapy on serum level of calcium in infants - Lippincott

[4], found that out of 147 term neonates, about 56% had a decline in serum calcium level following phototherapy and that 7% developed hypocalcemia after the 48 ...

Phototherapy induced hypocalcemia in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ...

The present study concludes that though there is a reduction in the serum calcium with increased duration of phototherapy, however, it does not fall to the ...

The effect of hat on phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia in ...

Phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia can be prevented by covering the head during phototherapy. This seems to be a safe, effective, and cheap method.

Frequency of hypocalcemia in jaundiced t | Biomedical Research

Done on animals, it has been theorized that phototherapy supress pineal excretion of melatonin, which obstruct the effect of cortisol on bone calcium. So, ...

effect of Head Covering on Phototherapy-Induced Hypocalcemia in ...

Head cover reduced the incidence of phototherapy induced hypocalcemia without affecting rate of decline of bilirubin on both types of ...

Prevalence of Phototherapy-Induced Hypocalcemia

phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia in moderate premature neonates was more ... 10 Jain BK, Singh H, Singh D, Toor NS: Hypocal- cemic effect of phototherapy, replay ...

Phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism in ...

This study demonstrates that PTH suppression is one of the causes of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia.

Phototherapy induced hypocalcemia in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ...

Phototherapy has various adverse effects and hypocalcemia is one of them. Thus, assessment of serum calcium levels after phototherapy should be ...

the effect of phototherapy on total serum calcium and ionized ...

Conclusion: This study concluded that full-term neonates with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia exposed to phototherapy are at risk of developing hypocalcemia.

The effect of head covering in prevention of phototherapy

Hypocalcemia is one of the complications which have been recently considered, and phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia has been approved in various studies.[9 ,10 ...

Phototherapy Induced Hypocalcemia in Neonates - Semantic Scholar

A Cross sectional study performed in a Tertiary care centre, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal found that phototherapy induced hypocalcaemia is a significant ...

induced hypocalcemia in icterus newborns - Menoufia Medical Journal

Uninhibited effect of corticosteroids due to decreased synthesis of melatonin from the pineal gland under phototherapy is thought to be ...

Effect of head covering on phototherapy induced hypocalcemia in ...

BACKGROUND: Phototherapy is the primary treatment for hyperbilirubinemia in neonates. Hypocalcemia is a lesser known but potential detrimental effect of ...

Effect of Light-Emitting Diode Phototherapy on Serum Calcium ...

Out of 104 study neonates, 13 (12.5%) developed hypocalcemia (total serum Ca < 8 mg%) at the end of LED phototherapy. But none of them showed ...

Phototherapy Induced Hypocalcemia - Indian Pediatrics

However, it has some side effects including possible hypocalcemia. There are only a few studies on hypocalcemic effect of phototherapy with controversial ...

Effects Of Phototherapy On Serum Calcium Level In Neonates With ...

When hypocalcemia was stratified for gestational age, birth weight and serum bilirubin levels at baseline, there was no significant difference ...

Effect of Phototherapy on Serum Ionized Calcium Level in Term ...

Conclusion: Hypocalcaemia is a. significant complication of phototherapy in full term neonates. Keywords: Neonatal jaundice, Total serum bilirubin, Ionized ...