Use of polyethylene bags in extremely low birth weight infant resuscitation for the prevention of hypothermia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Carroll, Patrick D ^a   Nankervis, Craig A ^a   Giannone, Peter J ^a   Cordero, Leandro ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Hypothermia; Infant, newborn; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GENERAL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYETHYLENES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952785574     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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