{"id":23417759,"date":"2026-01-23T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediprema.com\/neonatal-phototherapy-at-what-age-should-a-baby-be-placed-in-the-phototherapy-tunnel\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:47:56","slug":"neonatal-phototherapy-at-what-age-should-a-baby-be-placed-in-the-phototherapy-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediprema.com\/en\/neonatal-phototherapy-at-what-age-should-a-baby-be-placed-in-the-phototherapy-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Neonatal phototherapy: at what age should a baby be placed in the phototherapy tunnel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rWEuvB4pMQ?si=jnIWAd-6pYXgqNhM\" width=\"1408\" height=\"792\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>In your practice, at what age do you place a newborn in the phototherapy tunnel? Are you used to putting technical babies in it?<\/strong><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In our practice, we put a baby who has severe hyperbilirubinemia in a tunnel, very severe, from 34\u201335 weeks of gestational age, rather 35, technical or not, there is no problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moreover, often they are technically babies since there is still a risk of exanguino. Very often, they have been technically engineered beforehand. So they have a central line, for example in the heart. They all have general monitoring systems or brain function that allow us to actually see how things are evolving and intervene if necessary.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Important note<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: The information and opinions expressed by Professor Daniele De Luca are intended to enlighten practice. They are not a substitute for local protocols or the clinical judgment of the care teams.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u201335 weeks of gestational age, rather 35, technical or not, there is no problem. 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