Clear Topical Ointment Decreases Transepidermal Water Loss in Jaundiced Preterm Infants Receiving Phototherapy

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-106

  Wananukul, Siriwan ^a   Praisuwanna, Pramote ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clear Topical Ointment; Evaporation Rate; Phototherapy; Preterm Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OINTMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; OINTMENTS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0036048652     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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