PEDIATRICS Vol. 57 No. 6 June 1976, pp. 975-976
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kuhns, L. R.
Right arrow Articles by Borer, R. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kuhns, L. R.
Right arrow Articles by Borer, R. C.

A Caution About Using Photoillumination Devices

Lawrence R. Kuhns M.D.1, Michael L. Wyman M.D.1, Dietrich W. Roloff M.D.1, and Robert C. Borer M.D.1

1 Division of Pediatric Radiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Transillumination of the chests of neonates1 has been used in our neonatal intensive care unit now on approximately 200 neonates with pneumothorax (PT) or pneumomediastinum (PM) using the Minilight illuminator* without any deleterious effects.

Even though the fiberoptic probe tip remains cool when exposed to air indefinitely, we still wished to test for the build-up of heat beneath the rubber-sheathed probe tip of the Minilight and the Chun Gundagger when these were held tightly against the skin.