Effect of early skin-to-skin contact following normal delivery on incidence of hypothermia in neonates more than 1800 g: randomized control trial.

Somashekhar Marutirao NimbalkarV K PatelD V PatelA S NimbalkarA SethiA Phatak

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2014)

Newborns in the SSC group achieved rapid thermal control as compared with the control group. Early SSC for 24 h after birth decreases incidence of hypothermia for initial 48 h of life. Early SSC needs to be aggressively promoted in term and late-preterm newborns to reduce incidence of hypothermia.

Keyphrases

gestational age
cardiac arrest
low birth weight
risk factors
brain injury
preterm infants
pregnant women
preterm birth
open label
soft tissue
double blind
randomized controlled trial
wound healing
cord blood
study protocol
quantum dots