Randomized trial of plastic bags to prevent term neonatal hypothermia in a resource-poor setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Belsches, Theodore C ^a   Tilly, Alyssa E ^a   Miller, Tonya R ^a   Kambeyanda, Rohan H ^a   Leadford, Alicia ^a   Manasyan, Albert ^a,b   Chomba, Elwyn ^a,b,c   Ramani, Manimaran ^a   Ambalavanan, Namasivayam ^a   Carlo, Waldemar A ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bedding and linens; Body temperature; Delivery; Hypothermia prevention and control; Infant; Newborn; Obstetrics; Plastic bag; Polyethylenes; Regulation; Term

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEG; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEONATAL HYPOTHERMIA; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC BAG; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERMOREGULATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZAMBIA;

BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE, REGULATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRICS; INFANT, HYPOTHERMIA/PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, TERM; PLASTIC BAG; POLYETHYLENES;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYETHYLENES; POVERTY AREAS; SEASONS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84884586246     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0172     Document Type: Article

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