Journal Club - Does Drying Very Preterm Infants Before Wrapping Improve Normothermia?

Summary

Ben and Daphna review the NeoDry trial in JAMA Network Open, which tested whether drying very preterm infants before plastic wrapping in the delivery room improves normothermia on NICU admission. They discuss the study design, the lack of temperature benefit and an unexpected mortality signal in the smallest infants, and its implications for delivery room thermoregulation.