Use of a Polyethylene Bag to Reduce Perioperative Regional and Whole-Body Heat Losses in Low-Birth-Weight Neonates

Table 2

Regional skin temperatures (°C) measured in the incubator (shown in the left part of the table) and at the end of the catheter placement procedure outside the incubator (shown in the right part) for the W and the NW groups. The quoted values are the mean ± SD.

	Before catheter placement		During catheter placement
	(in the incubator)		(outside the incubator)
	NW group (°C)	W group (°C)	NW group (°C)	W group (°C)
Head	35.46 ± 1.38	35.55 ± 1.51	32.82 ± 1.84	35.16 ± 0.86
Trunk	34.93 ± 1.14	34.70 ± 1.10	32.33 ± 1.30	34.41 ± 1.17
Upper limbs	32.36 ± 1.53	32.62 ± 1.12	29.95 ± 1.85	31.87 ± 1.21
Lower limbs	34.37 ± 1.05	34.23 ± 1.06	31.57 ± 1.50	34.26 ± 0.68

The NW group: control, nonwrapped neonates. The W group: wrapped neonates.