Pranav Jani, Umesh Mishra, Julia Buchmayer, Rajesh Maheshwari, Daphne D'Çruz, Karen Walker, Duygu Gözen, Krista Lowe, Audrey Wright, James Marceau, Mihaela Culcer, Archana Priyadarshi, Adrienne Kirby, James E Moore, Ju Lee Oei, Vibhuti Shah, Umesh Vaidya, Abdelmoneim Khashana, Sunit Godambe, Fook Choe Cheah, Wen-Hao Zhou, Xiao-Jing Hu, Muneerah Satardien
BACKGROUND: Globally, are skincare practices and skin injuries in extremely preterm infants comparable? This study describes skin injuries, variation in skincare practices and investigates any association between them. METHODS: A web-based survey was conducted between February 2019 and August 2021. Quantifying skin injuries and describing skincare practices in extremely preterm infants were the main outcomes. The association between skin injuries and skincare practices was established using binary multivariable logistic regression adjusted for regions...
November 13, 2022: World Journal of Pediatrics: WJP