Phototherapy induced hypocalcemia in icteric newborns /
نقص الكالسيوم الناتج عن العلاج الضوئى فى حديثى الولادة
Mohamed Sabry Elsawy Deif Allah ; Supervised Zahra Mohamed Ezzeldin , Yasmin Amr Mansi , Tamer Ahmed Abdelhamid
- Cairo : Mohamed Sabry Elsawy Deif Allah , 2012
- 111P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Hyperbilirubinemia is the single most common abnormal physical finding in the first week of life . Phototherapy plays a significant role in the treatment and prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in neonates . This method leads to incidence of some side effects . A lesser known complication of the phototherapy is hypocalcemia . Some studies showed that phototherapy induced hypocalcemia occurs due to decreased serum melatonon concentration