Sentences with phrase «under phototherapy»
In the NICU, they gave her formula, put her under phototherapy lights, and gave her IV fluids.
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The baby is placed under special blue lights called jaundice phototherapy lights for a number of hours.
However, by breastfeeding frequently (at least 8 to 10 times a day) in the first 3 days of life, you can greatly reduce the chances that your baby will require higher intervention, such as phototherapy (going under bilirubin lights.)
Most jaundice needs no treatment, but when it does, phototherapy (light therapy) is considered very safe and effective: Placing a baby naked in a bassinet, with his eyes covered, under blue «bililights» often does the trick, because ultraviolet light changes the bilirubin to a form that the baby can more easily dispose of in his urine.
• Work with the department's nursing staff to monitor newborns ordered by their pediatricians to undergo phototherapy under bili lights.