Neonatal hand casting method.

August L Jung; Penny Milne; Jerold Wilcox; Nancy Roof

doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7210957

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Neonatal hand casting method.

August L Jung·Penny Milne·Jerold Wilcox·Nancy Roof

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This article describes the methods used to make hand or foot molds of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Parents seem appreciative of the mementos of their infant's stay and infancy. These castings also have teaching as well as fund-raising value.

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Alginates Casts, Surgical Glucuronic Acid Hexuronic Acids Humans Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Journal Article

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August L Jung, Penny Milne, Jerold Wilcox, Nancy Roof. 2003. Neonatal hand casting method.. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210957

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