Efficacy of occlusive wraps used for delivery room care
| Autor: | Christina Reuter, Florian Ehlers, H. Küster, Philipp Vana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Narcotics
business.product_category Polyurethanes Hypothermia Plastic wrap Delivery room care 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy 030225 pediatrics Humans Medicine Composite material 0105 earth and related environmental sciences business.industry Delivery Rooms Infant Newborn Water Obstetrics and Gynecology Heat losses General Medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Plastics Aluminum |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 107:645-647 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2052 1359-2998 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322611 |
| Popis: | BackgroundGuidelines advise for more than 20 years to use occlusive plastic wraps for temperature management during delivery room care but data on efficacy of different types of wrap are still scarce.MethodsA random sample of seven different types of plastic wrap was tested using prewarmed aluminium blocks.ResultsThe most effective wrap increased the time to cool by 2°C by one-third for the core and by 100% for the surface whereas the least effective wrap led to even faster heat loss compared with no wrap at all. The least effective wrap concerning all capacities tested was made from polyurethane that contains potentially toxic and narcotic monomers. Heat and water retention did not correlate to wrap thickness.DiscussionLarge differences in heat and water retention capacity warrant a careful choice of the type of wrap as some might be counterproductive. Wraps containing polyurethane should not be used. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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