Neonatal phototherapy: what impact on exchange transfusions? Since the introduction of the tunnel in your department, have you observed a decrease in the use of exchange transfusions?If so, in what proportion? After the introduction of high-intensity phototherapy at...
At Béclère Hospital, how many hours of treatment do you save on average with the tunnel compared to lamps or mats? The use of high-intensity phototherapy with the Obloo tunnel is always made by beaches.It seems that this still reduces the overall length of hospital...
In your practice, at what age do you place a newborn in the phototherapy tunnel? Are you used to putting technical babies in it?? In our practice, we put a baby who has severe hyperbilirubinemia in a tunnel, very severe, from 34–35 weeks of gestational age, rather 35,...
How do you explain the rapid drop in bilirubin levels (from 39 to 19 mg/dL in 2 hours), followed by a slowdown (10 mg/dL in 48 hours), as shown on this slide? The bilirubin decay curve of the case presented here is a typical curve. The problem is that when we start...
In your department at the A.Béclère Hospital, to what extent has the early and intensive use of phototherapy – particularly via the O’bloo tunnel – reduced transfers to the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and relieved overcrowding in hospital...
Neonatal phototherapy: when expertise meets innovation Médipréma had the privilege of welcoming Professor Daniele De Luca, Head of the Neonatal Resuscitation Department at Antoine Hospital Béclère (APHP) and an international figure in neonatology. He is known for his...
