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2022, Nursing for Women's HealthCitation Excerpt :The addition of a neonate head covering may further support the return of thermal balance, although some discrepancies in research evidence raise the possibility that, for some neonates, this may not be sufficient. Researchers previously reported that woolen or insulated caps decreased and prevented heat loss (Lang et al., 2004; Rowe et al., 1983). Cotton caps were found to be as effective as wool or insulated head coverings only when used in combination with skin-to-skin placement (Lang et al., 2004).
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2016, Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, Ninth EditionEquipment
2016, Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, Ninth EditionCurrent perspectives on temperature management and hypothermia in low birth weight infants
2014, Newborn and Infant Nursing ReviewsCitation Excerpt :The difference in temperature between the no hat group and the bonnet group was not statistically significant. Other studies have evaluated various materials, including Gamgee-lining, wool and cotton, and plastic, with varying but positive results.25–27 Hats prevent heat from escaping but do not prevent evaporative heat loss.
Initial resuscitation and stabilization of the periviable neonate: The Golden-Hour approach
2014, Seminars in PerinatologyCitation Excerpt :The head of the periviable infant should be covered by a hat. There is evidence to support the use of either a polyethylene plastic cap19,20 or woolen caps,21,22 but not the stockinette caps that are frequently used. Monitoring the infant's temperature while in the delivery room to guide further interventions and to prevent iatrogenic hyperthermia is useful.23
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Presented before the 14th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, May 4–7, 1983.
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From the Division of Pediatric Surgery University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.