Topical application of coconut oil to the skin of preterm infants: a systematic review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 1317-1324

  Pupala, Sameer Shivaji ^a,b   Rao, Shripada ^a,b   Strunk, Tobias ^a,b   Patole, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coconut oil; Preterm infant; Sepsis; Skin; Topical; Trans epidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD GROWTH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER LOSS; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DEHYDRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PROCEDURES; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COCONUT OIL; DEHYDRATION; EMOLLIENTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEONATAL SEPSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85068770232     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-019-03407-7     Document Type: Article

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