Reducing hypothermia in preterm infants with polyethylene wrap

Pediatrics International

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-474

  Rohana, Jaafar ^a   Khairina, Wan ^a   Boo, Nem Yun ^b   Shareena, Ishak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

hypothermia; polyethylene wrap; preterm infants

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BANDAGES; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 80051997877     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03295.x     Document Type: Article

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