PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 4 October 1976, pp. 500-504
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Evaluation of the Porta-Warm Mattress as a Source of Heat for Neonatal Transport

Heber C. Nielsen M.D.1, August L. Jung M.D.1, and Stephen O. Atherton M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatatology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City

One risk of transport of newborns to referral centers is hypothermia. Modern transport incubators have limitations in their ability to keep infants euthermic. As tested in the laboratory and during actual transport the Porta-Warm mattress extends the capability of the transport incubator to keep neonates euthermic by (1) reducing the time required to warm the incubator and (2) warming the incubator in cooler environments. The mattress is an effective adjunct to the transport incubator for keeping newborns warm during transport.

Submitted on September 11, 1975
Accepted on January 28, 1976




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