BiLirubin Decrease Under Phototherapy Exposure in the Preterm Newborn in Incubator

Phototherapy is routinely used in neonatal intensive care units for the treatment of jaundice. Guidelines focus mainly on bilirubin serum levels to start the phototherapy. Only few data are available about clinical management of phototherapy devices and subsequently the impact on bilirubin serum decrease. Especially there are no strong recommendations about phototherapy duration, irradiance measurements, incubator temperature and humidity settings. Various factors can influence irradiance and thus the preterm infant bilirubin serum decrease. This study aims at evaluating the impact of an educational program on the use and efficacy of phototherapy in a neonatal intensive care unit.