Proposta de um protótipo de iluminação fototerápica para o tratamento de icterícia

Abstract

Phototherapy has been one of the most indicated treatment for cases of jaundice to be a noninvasive, high impact in reducing the concentration of bilirubin levels. This process performs the photochemical transformation of bilirubin, causing their photoproducts can be cleared by the kidneys or liver. The illumination for phototherapy may be obtained from any light source, provided that it has irradiance values and wavelengths included within the values acceptable to treatment, the acceptable wavelength band corresponds to a bluish. This work includes the construction of two phototherapy lighting prototypes for the treatment of jaundice: one using fluorescent lamps and the other using light emitting diodes, which will be assessed which type of lighting is the most efficient considering only irrandiance values and illuminance which will be obtained through instruments that are available in LABSIEE (Safety Laboratory Lighting and Energy Efficiency) of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campus Cornélio Procópio.