TY - JOUR
T1 - Phototherapy and Plasma Immunoreactive Prostaglandin A Values
T2 - Its Effect in Premature Infants
AU - Aplin, Charles E.
AU - Brouhard, Ben H.
AU - Cunningham, Robert J.
AU - Richardson, C. Joan
PY - 1979/6
Y1 - 1979/6
N2 - Plasma immunoreactive prostaglandin A (iPGA) values were determined for 14 premature infants before and after 48 hours of phototherapy and in a control group of six age-matched premature infants. At 4 to 8 days of life, the infants who had received phototherapy for 48 hours had significantly lower iPGA values compared with controls. At 2 to 3 days of life, four infants with a clinically apparent patent ductus arteriosus were found to have significantly elevated iPGA values compared with controls. After 48 hours of phototherapy, these infants likewise had a significant decrease in iPGA values compared with controls; in all four infants, the ductus closed spontaneously. Phototherapy is an effective method for decreasing plasma iPGA values in premature infants. (Am J Dis Child 133:625-627, 1979.
AB - Plasma immunoreactive prostaglandin A (iPGA) values were determined for 14 premature infants before and after 48 hours of phototherapy and in a control group of six age-matched premature infants. At 4 to 8 days of life, the infants who had received phototherapy for 48 hours had significantly lower iPGA values compared with controls. At 2 to 3 days of life, four infants with a clinically apparent patent ductus arteriosus were found to have significantly elevated iPGA values compared with controls. After 48 hours of phototherapy, these infants likewise had a significant decrease in iPGA values compared with controls; in all four infants, the ductus closed spontaneously. Phototherapy is an effective method for decreasing plasma iPGA values in premature infants. (Am J Dis Child 133:625-627, 1979.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130060065014
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130060065014
M3 - Article
C2 - 443218
AN - SCOPUS:0018384441
SN - 0096-8994
VL - 133
SP - 625
EP - 627
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 6
ER -