Admission temperatures following radiant warmer or incubator transport for preterm infants <28 weeks: a randomised study.
Sixty two infants <28 weeks were occlusively wrapped and randomised to radiant warmer or incubator transport to the neonatal unit. Median axillary temperature on arrival was 36.8 degrees C in both groups. Target temperatures (36.5-37.5 degrees C) were achieved in 60% of the incubator group compared to 75% in the warmer group (not statistically significant). While powered to detect a 35% difference between warming devices, a more modest difference is not excluded.
Meyer
Michael P
MP
Neonatal Unit, Middlemore Hospital and University of Auckland, Hospital Road, Auckland, New Zealand . mmeyer@middlemore.co.nz
Bold
Geoff T
GT
D001724:Birth Weight; D001831:Body Temperature; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006361:Heating / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008297:Male; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods