title: [The effectiveness of using semipermeable membrane in preterm infants to reduce transepidermal losses].
abstract: An investigation was made on the effectiveness of using semipermeable membrane on the skin of preterm infants on the evolution of weight loss and blood glucose values, water share, urine specific gravity and sodium. This is an experimental study, of the randomized clinical trial type, carried out from March to August 2008 in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Teaching Maternity Assis Chateaubriand (TMAC) in the city of Fortaleza-Ceará. The sample consisted of 42 preterm infants. The data were presented in tables and charts. In the application of the semipermeable membrane, the preterm infants of the intervention group (IG) had a decrease in the sodium levels and the daily flow demands, they also presented fewer hyperglycemia episodes and the urinary density was kept within normal patterns. The semipermeable membrane is, in fact, an effective therapeutic resource to minimize transepidermal water losses.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. eloahgurgel@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Eloah de Paula Pessoa
authors.initials: Ede P
authors.lastname: Gurgel
authors.forename: Joselany Áfio
authors.initials: JÁ
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Karla Maria Carneiro
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rolim
authors.forename: Paulo César
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Fernanda Jorge
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: João Osmiro
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barreto
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial