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Admission temperatures following radiant warmer or incubator transport for preterm infants <28 weeks: a randomised study
  1. Michael P Meyer1,
  2. Geoff T Bold2
  1. 1Neonatal Unit, KidzFirst, Middlemore Hospital & University of Auckland, New Zealand
  2. 2Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Auckland, New Zealand
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Michael P Meyer
    Neonatal Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Hospital Road, Auckland, New Zealand ; mmeyer{at}middlemore.co.nz

Abstract

Sixty two infants <28 weeks were occlusively wrapped and randomised to radiant warmer or incubator transport to the neonatal unit. Median axillary temperature on arrival was 36.8°C in both groups. Target temperatures (36.5–37.5°C) were achieved in 60% of the incubator group compared to 75% in the warmer group (not statistically significant). While powered to detect a 35% difference between warming devices, a more modest difference is not excluded.

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.107128

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    Footnotes

    • Funding: This study was funded by Fisher & Paykel, manufacturers of the radiant warmer. The sponsors approved but did not design the study. The sponsors had no role in data collection. Statistical data was reviewed and checked but not altered by the sponsors. The sponsors approved the interpretation of the findings but did not provide the interpretation. Likewise, the sponsors approved the written manuscript but did not write the manuscript. The first draft was written by Dr M Meyer; no honorarium, grant or payment was obtained for its preparation. The sponsors had no role in the decision to submit the manuscript.

    • Ethics approval was obtained from the hospital and regional ethics committees.