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Efficiency & comparison table
Clinical tests made by the Pr. Sender on 16 newborn babies (Saint-Antoine de Paris)
Comments:
There was a blood incompatibility in 11 of the 16 babies. For 3 cases, the bilirubin level exceeded the critical threshold (of 340 µMOL) requiring a blood transfusion exchange.
Results of the tests are very clear. A rapid decline of the bilirubin level was observed in 13 cases. The remaining 3 cases concerned dark-skinned babies in which the decline logically progresses slower due to the pigmentation of their skin
Advantages of the BiliCrystal System in comparison with the standard phototherapy
Conventional phototherapy devices develop an energetic illumination between 0.5 and 3,0 mW/cm². An efficient treatment needs to achieve at least 1,6 mW/cm². The energetic illumination of intensive phototherapy needs to be superior to 3,0 mW/cm².
It is imperative for conventional phototherapy lights to treat the baby on a longer period(36 to 48 hours consecutive) than intensive phototherapy. This long exposure time can entail irreversible damages such as severe neurological problems because of the emitted ultraviolet and infrared. Even more, because of heat, the baby has to be placed far enough from the source of light. He has to be placed on its back and front to flood the whole body with light. The newer machines permit a total exposure under the light source because the baby is placed on a transparent hammock with a reflector on top so the whole body of the baby is irradiated.
Intensive phototherapy allows a much higher energetic level of irradiation than the conventional phototherapy
The part of the light spectrum used by the BC system has demonstrated a higher efficiency than the standard photo therapy
Clinical tests made by the Pr. Sender on 16 newborn babies (Saint-Antoine de Paris)
| Babies age | Number of babies |
| Day 1 | 1 |
| Day 2 | 4 |
| Day 3 | 3 |
| Day 4 | 3 |
| Day 5 | 1 |
| Day 5+ | 4 |
| Bilirubin level | Number of babies |
| 200-250 | 1 |
| 251-300 | 8 |
| 301-340 | 4 |
| >340 | 3 |
| Sum = 16 |
Comments:
There was a blood incompatibility in 11 of the 16 babies. For 3 cases, the bilirubin level exceeded the critical threshold (of 340 µMOL) requiring a blood transfusion exchange.
Results of the tests are very clear. A rapid decline of the bilirubin level was observed in 13 cases. The remaining 3 cases concerned dark-skinned babies in which the decline logically progresses slower due to the pigmentation of their skin
Advantages of the BiliCrystal System in comparison with the standard phototherapy
Conventional phototherapy devices develop an energetic illumination between 0.5 and 3,0 mW/cm². An efficient treatment needs to achieve at least 1,6 mW/cm². The energetic illumination of intensive phototherapy needs to be superior to 3,0 mW/cm².
It is imperative for conventional phototherapy lights to treat the baby on a longer period(36 to 48 hours consecutive) than intensive phototherapy. This long exposure time can entail irreversible damages such as severe neurological problems because of the emitted ultraviolet and infrared. Even more, because of heat, the baby has to be placed far enough from the source of light. He has to be placed on its back and front to flood the whole body with light. The newer machines permit a total exposure under the light source because the baby is placed on a transparent hammock with a reflector on top so the whole body of the baby is irradiated.
Intensive phototherapy allows a much higher energetic level of irradiation than the conventional phototherapy
The part of the light spectrum used by the BC system has demonstrated a higher efficiency than the standard photo therapy
| The Bilicrystal phototherapy | The standard phototherapy | |
| The light spectrum | Larger light spectrum : the blue and the green's parts, which dissociate the whole bilirubin | Blue light, which dissociate a part of the bilirubin |
| Phototherapy Treatment period | 4 to 6 hours | 36 to 48 hours (light therapy with UV which increases the risk of nevi) |
| Duration of baby's stay in hospital | Shortened | Prolonged by the treatment |
| Mother-baby's proximity | Only 4 hour during treatment | Whole treatment period |
| Incubator | The system can be use even in a closed incubator | Not in incubator |
| Security | Baby and System temperature are monitored | No monitoring |
| Blood transfusion | Can be avoided in 90% of the cases | Needed |
| Luminous intensity | 2.000 hours/lamp | 800-1.000 hours/lamp |