Question 1: Is the use of plastic bags for thermoregulation in term neonates effective in preventing hypothermia in a low-resource setting?
Document Type
Article
Department
Paediatrics and Child Health (East Africa)
Abstract
Placing term infants in plastic bags for 1 h at birth reduces rates of hypothermia with an absolute risk reduction of 13% (grade B).1 The papers reviewed did not report adequate data on the effect of plastic bag use on subsequent admission rates, hypoglycaemia, respiratory distress or mortality rates.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Recommended Citation
Lester, M.,
Kimani, W.,
Cartledge, P.
(2014). Question 1: Is the use of plastic bags for thermoregulation in term neonates effective in preventing hypothermia in a low-resource setting?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(12), 1169-1172.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_paediatr_child_health/67
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