Efficacy of phototherapy in neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient status |
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Authors: | K L Tan K W Boey |
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Institution: | (1) Departments of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 0511 Singapore, Republic of Singapore;(2) Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 0511 Singapore, Republic of Singapore |
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Abstract: | The efficacy of phototherapy in a group of 427 infants with hyperbilirubinaemia associated with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and a comparable group of 3924 G6PD normal infants with non-haemolhtic hyperbilirubinaemia was evaluated. Phototherapy was highly effective in reducing bilirubin levels in both groups of infants, being significantly more effective in the group with normal G6PD status. Failure rate was very low (2.03/1000) in the group with normal G6PD status and nil in the G6PD deficient group. Bilirubin rebound after phototherapy was unremarkable with very few infants requiring a second exposure —4.68/1000 in the G6PD deficient group and 6.37/1000 in the G6PD normal group. All the babies tolerated phototherapy well. Phototherapy would therefore seem to be a simple and effective method for the management of severe jaundice associated with G6PD deficiency. |
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Keywords: | G6PD status Neonatal jaundice Phototherapy |
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