ArticleCureus2022
Effect of Light-Emitting Diode Phototherapy on Serum Calcium Levels in Neonates With Jaundice.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and safety of phototherapy for jaundice in full-term newborns: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Phototherapy-Associated Changes in Ionized Calcium Among Neonates Born at ≥35 Weeks of Gestation.Cureus · 2026Article
- The Effects of Phototherapy on Magnesium, Vitamin D, Albumin, Calcium Levels, and Platelet Counts in Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Thermal, Hematohistological, and Dermatological Biocompatibility of LED Devices for Neonatal Phototherapy.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- "Light" on Phototherapy-Complications and Strategies for Shortening Its Duration, A Review of the Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Changing trend of neonatal Ca/P/Mg status in a Chinese population.Translational pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo assess the change in serum total calcium levels during light-emitting diode phototherapy treatment for jaundice in term neonates.
methodsA prospective observational study was done on 104 term neonates with hyperbilirubinemia in a tertiary care center to investigate the effects of phototherapy using a light-emitting diode device. The total serum bilirubin along with total calcium levels was measured at the start and at the end of phototherapy. Additionally, all the newborns enrolled in the study were evaluated for hypocalcaemia-related symptoms such as jitteriness, irritability/excitability, lethargy, and convulsions.
resultsA significant lowering of posttreatment total calcium level compared to that of pretreatment level (p<0.001) was found in our study. Hypocalcemia (serum calcium <8 mg/dL in term neonates) was found in 12.5% of the study subjects.
conclusionsIn the treatment of neonatal jaundice, similar to conventional blue and white light phototherapy, light-emitting diode phototherapy also has hypocalcemia as an adverse effect. We recommend monitoring these babies for hypocalcemia during light-emitting diode phototherapy.
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