Decreasing hypothermia during delivery room stabilization of preterm neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pinheiro, Joaquim M B ^a   Furdon, Susan A ^a   Boynton, Susan ^a   Dugan, Robin ^b   Reu Donlon, Christine ^a   Jensen, Sharon ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Albany Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Health care; Hypothermia; Infant; Newborn; Quality indicators; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; DELIVERY ROOM; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84891751656     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1293     Document Type: Article

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