The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#412 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Does Drying Very Preterm Infants Before Wrapping Improve Normothermia?
19 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail In this Journal Club episode, Ben and Daphna review the eye-opening results of the NeoDry Trial recently published in JAMA Network Open. They explore the clinical rationale of whether drying very preterm infants before applying a plastic wrap in the delivery room improves rates of normothermia upon NICU admission. While the intervention did not significantly improve temperatures, it unexpectedly revealed an alarming increased mortality risk for the smallest neonates. Tune in ...