SHORT COMMUNICATION
Year : 2010 | Volume
: 54 | Issue : 1 | Page : 24--26
Safety and efficacy of Vinyl bags in prevention of hypothermia of preterm neonates at birth
Geeta Gathwala, Gurmeet Singh, Kunal, Nitika Agrawal
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pt. B.D.S. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Geeta Gathwala
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Pt. B.D.S. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
India
The present study was planned to evaluate the safety and efficacy of vinyl bags in prevention of hypothermia during resuscitation at birth in very low birth weight neonates. Sixty neonates of gestational age ≤32 weeks and birth weight ≤ 1500gm were randomised to either study group, or control group. Study group neonates were put in vinyl bags up to neck and the head was covered with a cap after drying immediately following delivery and resuscitated under radiant warmer. Control group neonates were resuscitated by conventional drying under radiant warmer. Mean axillary and rectal temperature recorded immediately after admission to NICU were significantly higher in the study group compared to control group. Temperature recorded after 1 hour of admission to NICU were however comparable between the two groups. As temperature maintenance in these VLBW neonates is of tremendous importance, it would make sense to recommend the use of vinyl bags during their resuscitation.
How to cite this article:
Gathwala G, Singh G, Kunal, Agrawal N. Safety and efficacy of Vinyl bags in prevention of hypothermia of preterm neonates at birth.Indian J Public Health 2010;54:24-26
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Gathwala G, Singh G, Kunal, Agrawal N. Safety and efficacy of Vinyl bags in prevention of hypothermia of preterm neonates at birth. Indian J Public Health [serial online] 2010 [cited 2023 Mar 23 ];54:24-26
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