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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 76:F47-F50 doi:10.1136/fn.76.1.F47
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Temperature control in very low birthweight infants during first five days of life

Table 2

Percentage of time abdominal skin temperature (Tc) > 37.5 and < 36.3°C and central-peripheral temperature difference > 2.0 and < 0 °C

Postnatal age (days) Tc % > 37.5 °C Tc % < 36.3 °C Td % > 2.0 °C Td % < 0 °C
1 16.7 12.2 2.7 18.3
2 13.9 6.3 4.3 9.8
3 14.8 8.1 4.8 7.3
4 8.0 7.1 6.4 5.5
5 14.4 8.6 7.2 4.9

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