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. 1988 May;63(5):552-4.
doi: 10.1136/adc.63.5.552.

Phototherapy and the use of heat shields in very low birthweight infants

P R Stutchfield  1 , N Modi, A M Weindling
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Phototherapy and the use of heat shields in very low birthweight infants

P R Stutchfield et al. Arch Dis Child. 1988 May.

Abstract

The irradiance produced by phototherapy units in use on a neonatal unit was measured. The phototherapy tubes were found to decline at a variable rate. Heat shields used to decrease heat and evaporative losses in the very low birthweight infant reduce irradiance and may appreciably limit the effectiveness of phototherapy.

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