Presentation Information

Bonding, Safety, and Savings: The Case for Home-Based Phototherapy

• Speaker: Miriam Pettersson , MD, PhD
• Presentation Type:
• Duration: 60 Mins
• Credits: 1 CERP, 1 ACM CPD, 1 ACNM CEU, 0.1 Midwifery CEU

Abstract:

Neonatal jaundice/hyperbilirubinemia is common in newborns, and it is also common for otherwise healthy newborns to receive phototherapy to treat the condition. Traditionally phototherapy is performed in a hospital setting, however during the last decades new fiberoptic equipment has made it possible to perform phototherapy at home instead. Some hospitals have implemented home phototherapy but, in most hospitals, newborns still have to be admitted to hospital to receive treatment.
Through recent studies it has been shown that home phototherapy is feasible and safe, that it improves bonding and lessens parental stress, that it is cost effective and that parents feel secure to perform the treatment at home.
Data from studies will be presented during the presentation as well as clinical experience from implementing home treatment successfully at hospitals in Sweden.