Plastic bags for prevention of hypothermia in preterm and low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leadford, Alicia E ^a   Warren, Jamie B ^b   Manasyan, Albert ^a,c   Chomba, Elwyn ^d   Salas, Ariel A ^a   Schelonka, Robert ^b   Carlo, Waldemar A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for Infectious Disease Research   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Diseases prevention and control; Hypothermia prevention and control; Infant newborn; Infant premature; Perinatal care methods

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PERINATAL CARE; PLASTIC BAG; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

DISEASES/PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HYPOTHERMIA/PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFANT NEWBORN; INFANT PREMATURE; PERINATAL CARE/METHODS;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; POLYETHYLENE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84879943930     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2030     Document Type: Article

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