Transfer of preterm infants from incubator to open cot at lower versus higher body weight

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  New, Karen ^a   Flenady, V ^b   Davies, M W ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Infant equipment; Body temperature regulation; Body weight; Humans; Incubators, infant; Infant, newborn; Infant, premature *physiology ; Transportation of patients; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NURSERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 44949243073     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004214.pub3     Document Type: Review

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