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Neonatal network : NN · May 2011
The effect of three nursing interventions on thermoregulation in low birth weight infants.
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the use of three nursing interventions--occlusive wrap, chemical mattress, and regulation of delivery room temperature--singly and in combination in consecutive years on thermoregulation in six groups of low birth weight infants. ⋯ For each of the three interventions, the percentage having a normal NICU admission temperature in each intervention group exceeded the control group percentage, but the increase was not significant. Use of each intervention--occlusive wrap alone, occlusive wrap in addition to chemical mattress, and occlusive wrap in addition to chemical mattress and increased delivery room temperature--appeared to influence thermoregulation positively.