[Skin care and transcutaneous monitoring in neonatal intensive care unit]. / Peau: soins d'hygiène et techniques de surveillance par voie cutanée en réanimation néonatale.

Newborn skin, particularly in preterm infants, is exposed to iatrogenic complications resulting from lesions provoked by diagnosis and therapeutic devices. This paper reviews some principles of skin care in neonatal intensive care units and focuses on iatrogenic lesions and the proposed methods to prevent them.