DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE LOW COST BLUE-GREEN LED PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD FOR NEONATAL JAUNDICE TREATMENT

Abstract

Jaundice is an unusual situation in neonatal toddlers and is a scientific signal of excess conjugated or unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Phototherapy is the maximum broadly used treatment, and it has proved safe and powerful for over recent years. Compact fluorescent tubes, halogen bulbs, fiber optic blankets, and LEDs are commonly used light sources for phototherapy with varying efficiencies. In recent years, there are several studies reported blue-green LED phototherapy to be effective than conventional phototherapy in term neonates. This research aimed to develop the effectiveness of bluegreen LED phototherapy with a larger illuminated area and higher irradiance to conventional phototherapy methods. This lamp device was built with a blue-green LED light source composed of a matrix of 15 x 25 LEDs that generates 460 nm. This device is characterized by being a very compact source with an effective low cost, long life and low energy consumption phototherapy method. The results obtained were comparable with industrially synthetic devices, but being self-made, it grew to become out to be less highly-priced, consequently greater efficient in terms of fitness costs. In this research work conclude that high intensity blue-green LED device was much more effective than conventional phototherapy methods for jaundice photo degradation. Further studies will be necessary to prove its clinical efficiency.