Karaya gum electrocardiographic electrodes for preterm infants

Arch Dis Child. 1987 Dec;62(12):1281-2. doi: 10.1136/adc.62.12.1281.

Abstract

Changes in transepidermal water loss were used to measure skin damage caused by removal of electrocardiograph electrodes in 20 preterm infants. Electrodes secured by conventional adhesive damaged the skin, leading to a potentially dangerous increase in skin permeability. In contrast, those secured by karaya gum caused no skin damage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesives
  • Electrocardiography / instrumentation*
  • Electrodes
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Karaya Gum*
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation
  • Polysaccharides*
  • Skin Physiological Phenomena

Substances

  • Adhesives
  • Polysaccharides
  • Karaya Gum