Topical Coconut Oil in Very Preterm Infants: An Open-Label Randomised Controlled Trial

Neonatology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 146-151

  Strunk, Tobias ^a,b   Pupala, Sameer ^a   Hibbert, Julie ^b   Doherty, Dorota ^b   Patole, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coconut oil; Preterm infant; Skin condition

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL SKIN CONDITION SCORE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN FRAGILITY; SKIN IRRITATION; CROSS INFECTION; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; SKIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; COCONUT OIL; CROSS INFECTION; EMOLLIENTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SKIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85037360275     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000480538     Document Type: Article

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