The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialImproving follow-up for children with asthma after an acute Emergency Department visit.
To improve follow-up with primary care providers after acute Emergency Department (ED) asthma visits for children from low-income urban families. ⋯ Telephone coaching and a monetary incentive significantly increased the proportion of low-income urban parents who brought their children for asthma-planning visits, and decreased asthma symptoms shortly after asthma ED visits. The intervention did not increase subsequent asthma-planning visits or decrease ED visits or hospitalizations.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialHeat Loss Prevention (HeLP) in the delivery room: A randomized controlled trial of polyethylene occlusive skin wrapping in very preterm infants.
To determine if polyethylene occlusive skin wrapping of very preterm infants prevents heat loss after delivery better than conventional drying and to evaluate if any benefit is sustained after wrap removal. ⋯ Polyethylene occlusive skin wrapping prevents rather than delays heat loss at delivery in very preterm infants.