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Comparative Study
. 1979 Sep-Oct;8(5):287-90.
doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1979.tb00963.x.

The ffect of early parent-infant contact on newborn body temperature

S T Hill, L K Shronk
Comparative Study

The ffect of early parent-infant contact on newborn body temperature

S T Hill et al. JOGN Nurs. 1979 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

To determine whether infants who are properly dried and wrapped can be held and warmed by parents in the delivery room without suffering a significant heat loss, temperatures of 100 infants were monitored with electronic thermometers after delivery; 50 were held by one or both parents and 50 were not held but immediately placed in a heated transporter. A two-tailed t test showed no significant differences between temperatures of the two groups.

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