Systematic Review of the Effect of Reflective Materials Around a Phototherapy Unit on Bilirubin Reduction Among Neonates With Physiologic Jaundice in Developing Countries.

Objective: To identify the efficacy and safety of the use of various cost-effective reflective materials around phototherapy units to reduce the duration of phototherapy and hasten the reduction of bilirubin among neonates with physiologic jaundice.

Data Sources: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials identified from searches in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ScienceDirect, Embase, and the Cochrane Library with the use of keywords, MeSH terms, operators, and the review of reference lists of retrieved articles.

Study Selection: From a total of 186 studies initially screened, five were eventually included in this analysis.

Effect of turning vs. supine position under phototherapy on neonates with hyperbilirubinemia: a systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: To determine the most effective position jaundiced neonates should assume during phototherapy from appraised randomised controlled trials.

Background: Many local hospitals still alternate positions of jaundiced neonates receiving phototherapy despite the safe infant sleeping protocol of placing them supine.

Design: A systematic review was conducted.