Head insulation and heat loss in the newborn
| Autor: | J K Stothers |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Body Surface Area business.industry Infant Newborn Heat losses Clothing Surgery Oxygen Consumption Animal science Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Head (vessel) Female Thermal protection business Head Thermal balance Body Temperature Regulation Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. 56:530-534 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/adc.56.7.530 |
| Popis: | The thermal balance of 13 term infants was measured in a closed-circuit metabolism chamber. Each was studied naked, then with a gamgee-lined hat, and finally with a 'cummerbund' made of a similar material and of similar dimensions. At 27 degrees C the oxygen consumption of the 'hatted' babies was only 85% and the total heat loss 75% of the values measured with the infants naked. The cummerbund offered no detectable benefit. An additional 10 infants were studied while wearing a tubegauze hat at environmental temperatures of 28.5 (+/- 0.5) degrees C. This type of hat gave no measurable thermal protection. It is concluded that a substantial reduction of thermal stress in adverse environments can be achieved simply and clearly by adequately covering the vault of the skull. |
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