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Ahmadipour S, Mardani M, Mohsenzadeh A, et al. The Lowering of Bilirubin Levels in Full-Term Newborns by the Effect of Combined Massage Therapy and Phototherapy Practice. Am J Perinatol. 2019;doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1685493.
Ahmadipour, S., Mardani, M., Mohsenzadeh, A., Baharvand, P., & Nazeri, M. G. (2019). The Lowering of Bilirubin Levels in Full-Term Newborns by the Effect of Combined Massage Therapy and Phototherapy Practice. American journal of perinatology, . https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1685493
Ahmadipour, Shokoufeh, et al. "The Lowering of Bilirubin Levels in Full-Term Newborns by the Effect of Combined Massage Therapy and Phototherapy Practice." American journal of perinatology vol. (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1685493
Ahmadipour S, Mardani M, Mohsenzadeh A, Baharvand P, Nazeri MG. The Lowering of Bilirubin Levels in Full-Term Newborns by the Effect of Combined Massage Therapy and Phototherapy Practice. Am J Perinatol. 2019 Apr 18; doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1685493. Epub 2019 Apr 18. PMID: 30999382.
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Am J Perinatol. 2019 Apr 18; doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1685493. Epub 2019 Apr 18.

The Lowering of Bilirubin Levels in Full-Term Newborns by the Effect of Combined Massage Therapy and Phototherapy Practice.

American journal of perinatology

Shokoufeh Ahmadipour, Mahnaz Mardani, Azam Mohsenzadeh, Parastoo Baharvand, Mohammad Ghaed Nazeri

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
  2. Fellowship of Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  3. Department of Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
  4. Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  5. Department of Community Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
  6. Faculty of Medicine, Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.

PMID: 30999382 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1685493

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:  Various therapeutic treatments have been prescribed for decreasing the bilirubin level. Massage therapy is one of the neonate treatments for jaundice. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of combined massage therapy and phototherapy on neonatal jaundice.

STUDY DESIGN:  This study was performed at Shahid Madani Hospital in the city of Khorramabad in 2016, where 83 healthy full-term infants were enrolled. They were selected through convenience sampling and then were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The control group (

RESULTS:  Baseline levels of bilirubin were similar between the two groups (

CONCLUSION:  Intervention had a significant role in decreasing the bilirubin level, amount of urination, and duration of hospitalization of full-term infants suffering from hyperbilirubinemia.

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Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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