Polyethylene versus cotton cap as an adjunct to body wrap in preterm infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 776-780

  Shafie, Hashim ^a   Syed Zakaria, Syed Zulkifli ^a   Adli, Ali ^a   Shareena, Ishak ^a   Rohana, Jaafar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

hypothermia; occlusive polyethylene wrap; polyethylene cap; preterm infant

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BODY WRAP; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; COTTON CAP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOCAP; POLYETHYLENE CAP; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BANDAGE; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BANDAGES; CLOTHING; COTTON FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021277102     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.13285     Document Type: Article

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