Polyethylene skin wrapping accelerates recovery from hypothermia in very low-birthweight infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Duman, Nuray ^a   Utkutan, Selvinaz ^a   Kumral, Abdullah ^a   Köroǧlu, Tolga F ^a   Özkan, Hasan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Polyethylene skin wrapping; Very low birthweight infant

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645230417     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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