PEDIATRICS Vol. 14 No. 6 December 1954, pp. 666-667
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A TECHNIQUE FOR ROENTGENOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF NEWBORN, PREMATURE, OR ILL INFANTS WITHOUT REMOVAL FROM AN INCUBATOR

HENRY K. SILVER M.D.1 and WILLIAM L. NYHAN M.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

THE NECESSITY for roentgenographic examination as an adjunct to diagnosis and therapy during the neonatal period is well recognized. The indications for such examination and some of the difficulties encountered in its use are well known. The undesirable aspects of excessive handling of ill or delicate infants or of removing them from a source of constant oxygen, heat, and humidity may preclude examination when it is most needed. Certainly the hurry imposed by these difficulties often militates against satisfactory examination.

A technique is described which permits adequate roentgenographic evaluation without disturbance to the infant, cessation of oxygen therapy, or alteration of environmental temperature or humidity.