Predicting insensible water loss in premature neonates
| Autor: | Susan Elizabeth Doty, Richard C. Seagrave, William D. McCormack |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Energy loss Aging Physiology Human skin Gestational Age Models Biological medicine Stratum corneum Humans Skin integumentary system business.industry Infant Newborn Gestational age Water Loss Insensible Surgery Postnatal age medicine.anatomical_structure Recien nacido Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Thermodynamics Composite membrane Epidermis business Neonatal skin Infant Premature Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Biology of the neonate. 66(1) |
| ISSN: | 0006-3126 |
| Popis: | The insensible water loss from the skin of premature neonates in various environments can be estimated by modeling the skin as a composite membrane and applying Fick’s law to each layer. Studies involving human skin development have made it possible to apply the proposed model to predict an infant’s insensible water loss as a function of gestational age and postnatal age. However, the model tends to overestimate the insensible water loss particularly for gestational ages over 28 weeks. Values used in the model for the diffusivity of water through the stratum corneum were determined from adult skin rather than neonatal skin, which may be a factor in the overestimation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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