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To: JanyBlueEyes who wrote (4454)	8/19/1998 4:56:00 PM
From: R. M. Rosenthal	Respond to of 5736

Reprint from Yahoo, reply to Robin from Randix: >> Message 5881 of 5883 Randix98 (48/M/Lake Oswego, OR) Aug 19 1998 4:15PM EDT I'll keep my CCSI and add to it, thank you. My several trusted friends at the pediatric conferences who have seen the devices from CCSI and SPRX and saw the reaction of the doctors and the hospital representatives, says it all, simply and succinctly.<<

To: JanyBlueEyes who wrote (4454)	8/19/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Robin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5736

Point well taken, Jany, I learned something here! Thank you! I am not a medical expert by far; my expertise is more in the technical arena. My assumption was that the presence of a significant amount of UV light would corrupt the measurement. I did not consider instead the effects of UV exposure on the skin. I assumed that if skin effects occur as you state, that one would simply utilize partial UV immersion (i.e., place the UV blanket over a large, but not complete portion of the body) and use an unexposed area to monitor bilirubin levels. My next question then. Wouldn't it be possible to place the UV blanket over the majority of the baby's body, say from the neck down and leave the head unexposed for monitoring? (As I'm sure you know, the UV blankets are very good at selectively directing light.) What adverse effects would this cause? I can't see any other than a need to increase the exposure time of UV over the remainder of the body to make up for full vs. partial immersion. Rockin' Robin