Sunlight (with or without filters or amplification) vs other sources of phototherapy: Treatment failure requiring exchange transfusionc,d
Sunlight (with or without filters or amplification) showed no clear difference in treatment failure requiring exchange transfusionc,d compared with other sources of phototherapy (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Sunlight (with or without filters or amplification) vs other sources of phototherapy Treatment failure requiring exchange transfusionc,d · infants with confirmed hyperbilirubinemia Sunlight (with or without filters or amplification) showed no clear difference in treatment failure requiring exchange transfusionc,d compared with other sources of phototherapy (low certainty). Sunlight for the prevention and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm neonates (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.06, 15.73] | 2 studies · 621 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunlight for the prevention and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm neonates 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.