Phototherapy is a technique used in medicine to treat neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, a clinical condition characterized by high levels of bilirubin in the circulation of newborns. Through this technique, these bilirubin levels can be reduced by using light (electromagnetic radiation).
Phototherapy allows the transformation of bilirubin into water-soluble photoisomers that can be excreted in feces and urine, without the need to conjugate in the liver, thus maintaining safe levels of bilirubin in blood, being phototherapy one of the most used techniques for this purpose, with the aim of preventing irreversible damage to the nervous system.
How does neonatal jaundice occur?
Neonatal jaundice refers to yellowing of skin and mucous membranes caused by accumulation or deposition of bilirubin in newborns, usually this increase in bilirubin is caused by destruction or lysis of erythrocytes, because the concentration of these cells is higher in the fetus in order to better take advantage of the little oxygen concentration available inside the uterus.
After the birth of the newborn, this amount of erythrocytes is no longer needed, so a large number of them are destroyed naturally, thus causing an increase in the release of hemoglobin into the circulation that will be subsequently converted to indirect bilirubin through a series of biochemical reactions. Indirect bilirubin has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier, generating neuronal damage when found in excessive quantities by its neuronal toxicity effect, causing permanent neurological sequelae in the patient.
How does phototherapy work?
Phototherapy involves the exposure of the newborn to a fluorescent light source. Since its discovery, several models have been proposed to control the action of light that affects the skin. It is accepted that the absorbed light degrades the bilirubin impregnated in the skin, transforming it into water-soluble derivatives that are then eliminated much easier by the body without previous need of hepatic conjugation.
That is, light from phototherapy works by breaking down bilirubin by photooxidation, thereby accelerating its excretion and thus decreasing its blood concentrations. It is important to note that the efficacy of phototherapy to treat hyperbilirubinemia in newborns depends on: the intensity of the light emitted by the lamps used in the phototherapy units, have an emission spectrum close to that of the bilirubin absorption, the postnatal age of the newborn, gestation age, its birth weight, the cause of jaundice and the value of bilirubin at the beginning of treatment.
What does Kalstein offer you?
Kalstein is a company MANUFACTURER of medical and laboratory equipment of the highest quality and the best technology at the best PRICES in the market, so you can make your PURCHASE with us, knowing that you have the service and advice of a company specialized in the field and committed to provide you with safe, economical and effective options for the performance of your functions in the right way. In this opportunity we present our Child bilirubin phototherapy unit YR02194. HERE
All newborn patients with hyperbilirubinemia need the best care for threatening jaundice. Our line of phototherapy products provides you with the reliability and stability of LED-light intensive phototherapy for your baby patient.
- The unit has a long service life providing between 20,000 and 30,000 hours of light therapy.
- LED fluorescent lamp as radiant elements of phototherapy.
- The curing angle of the lamp can be adjusted horizontally.
- The height of the lamp head can be adjusted.
- The stainless steel bracket can be adjusted.
- Wheels can be locked
- Timer to record the phototherapy operation.
- Use in incubators, irradiant heat moses and any type of moses.
- The YR02194 unit with blue fluorescent tube has a separate frame that can be used with incubator, irradiant heat moses and any type of moses in family care.
- Widely applicable in all hospitals and clinics and optimized for babies with jaundice.
For more information we invite you to take a look at:HERE