Effect of early skin-to-skin contact following normal delivery on incidence of hypothermia in neonates more than 1800 g: Randomized control trial

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 364-368

  Nimbalkar, S M ^a   Patel, V K ^a   Patel, D V ^a   Nimbalkar, A S ^a   Sethi, A ^a   Phatak, A ^a  

^a PRAMUKHSWAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

hypothermia; neonates; skin to skin care; thermal control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT; THERMAL REGULATING SYSTEM; THERMOREGULATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; HEART RATE; HEAT LOSS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; KANGAROO CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONSOON; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; SEASON; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; WINTER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 84899994139     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.15     Document Type: Article

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