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Efficacy and Safety of Plastic Wrap for Prevention of Hypothermia after Birth and during NICU in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Delivery Room Interventions for Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Using polyethylene plastic bag to prevent moderate hypothermia during transport in very low birth weight infants: a randomized trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Trial
- Anesthetic adaptations for robotic-assisted pediatric surgery in a resource-constrained setting: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Safety and efficacy of double plastic wrap in reducing insensible water loss in preterm infants in first week of life - a pilot randomized controlled trial from a low-to-middle-income country.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- The awareness of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) cesarean delivery guidelines among anesthesiology and reanimation assistants in Turkey; a questionnaire study.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Article
- Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors.BMC pediatrics · 2024Observational
- Assessment of rewarming methods in unplanned out-of-hospital births from a prospective cohort.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Neuroprotection from acute brain injury in preterm infants.Paediatrics & child health · 2019Review
- The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis meta-analysis aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of plastic wrap applied after birth and during NICU in preterm infants for prevention of heat loss in preterm infants. STUDY
methodsThe Medline (1950 to August 2015), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, Issue 7, 2015), CINAHL (1982 to August 2015) and the Embase (1974 to August 2015) databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or quasi-RCTs with main outcomes related to the core temperature (baseline temperature and/or post-stabilization temperature), hypothermia, mortality rate and hyperthermia.
resultThe included studies were of low to moderate quality. Compared with unwrapped infants, plastic wrap was associated with a significantly higher baseline temperature and post-stabilization temperature both in infants < 28 weeks of gestation (mean difference [MD] = 0.62, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.85; MD = 0.41, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.50, respectively), and in infants between 28 to 34 weeks of gestation (MD = 0.54, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.87; MD = 0.64, 95% CI 0.45 to 0.82, respectively). Use of plastic wrap was associated with lower incidence of hypothermia (relative risk [RR] = 0.70, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.78). However, use of plastic wrap in preterm infants was not associated with decrease in mortality (RR: 0.88, 95% CI 0.70 to 1.12, P = 0.31). Incidence of hyperthermia was significantly higher in the plastic wrap group as compared to that in the control group (RR = 2.55, 95% CI: 1.56 to 4.15, P = 0.0002). Hyperthermia in the plastic wrap group was resolved within one or two hours after unwrapping the babies.
conclusionPlastic wrap can be considered an effective and safe additional intervention to prevent hypothermia in preterm infants. However, its cost-effectiveness and long-term effect on mortality needs to be ascertained by conducting well-designed studies with longer follow-up period.
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