Mean axillary temperatures, taken during NICU resuscitation upon admission to the NICU, will not differ between VLBW babies who are occlusively wrapped and very low birth weight (VLBW) babies who are placed on thermal warming blankets.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Admission Temperature
Axillary temperature of the infant upon arrival to the neonatal intensive care unit.
Time frame: At time of admission to the NICU - usually within 10-15 min of birth
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