Sentences with phrase «phototherapy for»

He often prescribes phototherapy for his pregnant patients with eczema, insisting that they also take folic acid, an important nutrient that can easily become depleted by light treatment.

We spent the first week in and out of the NICU and on and off phototherapy for jaundice.

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In an article in the November 1990 issue of BREASTFEEDING ABSTRACTS, Kathi Kemper, MD, MPH, suggests that prolonged hospitalization, phototherapy, and the interruption of breastfeeding may be unnecessary and even harmful for the mother and for the infant with normal neonatal jaundice.

The baby is placed under special blue lights called jaundice phototherapy lights for a number of hours.

If a baby's bilirubin levels reach 20 milligrams or above, a recommendation to cease breastfeeding for 24 hours may be used in conjunction with phototherapy.

Coupled with his short hospital stay when he was three to five days old for phototherapy due to jaundice, we were off to a rough start.

It is important for newborns to get enough fluids during phototherapy.

When filtered sunlight therapy for jaundice was tested (they used special window - tinting film that filters out UV light and infrared light to transmit the blue light used for phototherapy), jaundiced babies were treated for up to five to six hours each day.

If bilirubin levels become to high or baby is lethargic or excessively sleepy and having difficulty eating, phototherapy (think sun tanning beds but for baby's health) may be initiated.

Exclusion criteria: «Dyads were excluded for atypical stays characterized by (1) a 2 - night or longer stay after a vaginal delivery; (2) a 4 - night stay or longer after a cesarean section; (3) a hospital course with atypical complications (e.g., ambiguous genitalia, endometritis); or (4) newborn hyperbilirubinaemia requiring phototherapy during the nursery stay.

The threshold for treatment (supplementation and / or phototherapy) should be lower, with a maximum of 8 % weight loss or bilirubin levels of > 15 at 72 hours (See AAP guidelines, Bhutani's curve, for age - appropriate guidelines).

A blood test that checks for liver disease is done before phototherapy is started.

We went back into hospital, where my baby was treated for jaundice with phototherapy and put on a drip to rehydrate him.

Phototherapy is usually effective, but if a baby develops a severe case of jaundice, or his bilirubin levels continue to rise despite phototherapy treatment, he may need to be admitted to the intensive care unit for a blood transfusion called an «exchange transfuPhototherapy is usually effective, but if a baby develops a severe case of jaundice, or his bilirubin levels continue to rise despite phototherapy treatment, he may need to be admitted to the intensive care unit for a blood transfusion called an «exchange transfuphototherapy treatment, he may need to be admitted to the intensive care unit for a blood transfusion called an «exchange transfusion.»

Treatment may include more frequent feedings or, for more severe cases, light therapy (phototherapy).

Treatment options for moderate to severe psoriasis include phototherapy; systemic medications such as acitretin, cyclosporine and methotrexate; and biologics, which block the immune system responses that fuel inflammation.

«The potential of digital UV technology for phototherapy is enormous,» said Dr. Robert C. Walker, RayVio's CEO.

The study, which published today in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, is the first to link psoriasis severity to an increased risk of death using an objective measure of disease severity — called Body Surface Area (BSA)-- rather than treatment patterns, such as whether or not a patient was receiving oral, injectable or phototherapy treatment for the condition.

About one - tenth as expensive as typical phototherapy machines, the device folds into a small shipping tube, and can run for a month on a 12 - volt battery.

Other common medical treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis include phototherapy or systemic agents (strong drug treatments), and I've found that many psoriasis patients simply aren't interested in going down this path.

Acitretin is not unlike isotretinoin, but is prescribed by dermatologists primarily for psoriasis; it results in slow improvements over a period of several months and is targeted treatment for moderate to severe psoriasis that has failed to respond to topical treatments and phototherapy.

«Phototherapy, also called light therapy, is an effective therapy for people whose insomnia is due to a problem called delayed sleep phase syndrome.

«Phototherapy involves sitting in front of a specially designed light box for 30 to 40 minutes after waking up.

Also in 2010, we added a phototherapy unit to our orthopedic package which decreases pain and swelling for our post surgical patients during their recovery.

Other existing and emerging treatment options for animals with cancer include targeted molecular therapy, immunotherapy, hyperthermia, cryotherapy, phototherapy, photochemotherapy, thermochemotherapy and other emerging unconventional or alternative therapies.

In fact, a common treatment for SAD is light therapy (phototherapy).

Cared for the level II infants needing additional nursing services including phototherapy, IV therapy, oxygen therapy, drug withdrawal monitoring and treatment, etc..

Communicate any... Assist physician inpreparing for procedures (phototherapy, laser therapy, surgery, etc.).