Admission temperatures following radiant warmer or incubator transport for preterm infants <28 weeks: A randomised study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Meyer, Michael P ^a,c   Bold, Geoff T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Limited   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARMING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER;

EID: 34347364666     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.107128     Document Type: Article

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