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Phototherapy Background: High Risk Infant or infant factors that increase the risk of
, degree of perinatal or neonatal death, one of which is neonatal jaundice or jaundice
jaundice which is the cause of neonatal death around 20-40% of all deliveries
(Anggraini, 2014). In the United States, of the 4 million neonates born each
year, about 65% suffer from jaundice in the first week of life (Shah, 2013).
The cause of jaundice is high levels of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is
the yellow pigment in red blood cells. Excess bilirubin occurs because the
baby's liver is immature to deal with bilirubin in the bloodstream, in
general, the breakdown of red blood cells in babies is born quickly
accompanied by immature liver function, so the process of breaking down
bilirubin occurs slowly. Clinical bilirubin monitoring is the first step so that
further interventions can be carried out, namely whether there is an
indication that the baby is undergoing phototherapy or not. Phototherapy
or therapy using ultraviolet light, is the most common treatment used to
reduce high bilirubin levels in newborns with neonatal jaundice (jaundice
or jaundice). Objective: To determine the effect of phototherapy on
reducing jaundice levels in newborns. Research methodology: The type of
research conducted is experimental research with a pre-experimental
design. The approach used in this research is One Group Pretest Posttest.
The sampling technique used accidental sampling by taking data within the
period of October - November 2021. Results: The results of the study
obtained a p value of 0.000 which means that the p value is below the 0.05
degree so that it can be said that there is an effect of phototherapy on
reducing jaundice levels in newborns. in the Perinatology Room of PKU
Muhammadiyah Hospital Karanganyar. Conclusion: presenting
phototherapy can reduce icteric levels in newborns in the Perinatology
room of PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Karanganyar