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Review
. 2004 Nov 6;329(7474):1087-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1087.

Care in the early newborn period

William McGuire  1 , Peter McEwan, Peter Fowlie
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Review

Care in the early newborn period

William McGuire et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Clothes, covers, and hat help to maintain body temperature of newborns when they are nursed in an open cot
Figure 2
Figure 2
Covering the preterm infant with a polythene blanket reduces heat and fluid loss
Figure 3
Figure 3
Nursing preterm infants in incubators allows the neutral thermal envrionment, noise, and light to be controlled effectively. Ports allow access to the infant
Figure 4
Figure 4
Doppler colour flow of patent ductus arteriosus with left to right shunt that can change blood flow distribution to organs. Courtesy of Drs N Evans and G Malcolm, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Figure 5
Figure 5
Meta-analysis of need for surgical ductus ligation in trials of prophylactic indometacin in very low birthweight infants. Adapted from Fowlie PW et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(4): CD000174
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