2014
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2014.22.8.557
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Hypothermia in the newborn: An exploration of its cause, effect and prevention

Abstract: According to the World Health Organization ( WHO, 1997 ) a newborn is normothermic when its body temperature is between 36.5°C and 37.5°C with hypothermia considered to be any temperature below this identified spectrum. Neonatal hypothermia is a potentially common and dangerous occurrence related to a number of risk factors categorised as environmental, physiological, behavioural and socioeconomic. Babies delivered by caesarean section are at particular risk of developing hypothermia. The purpose of this revie… Show more

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“…29 When an infant’s body loses heat, it activates nonshivering thermogenesis by metabolism of brown fat stores. 30 This cold stress results in a physiologic cascade ending in metabolic acidosis. In fact, a decrease in temperature is actually a late sign.…”
Section: Review Of Three Specific Risk Factors and Suggested Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…29 When an infant’s body loses heat, it activates nonshivering thermogenesis by metabolism of brown fat stores. 30 This cold stress results in a physiologic cascade ending in metabolic acidosis. In fact, a decrease in temperature is actually a late sign.…”
Section: Review Of Three Specific Risk Factors and Suggested Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is stratified as either mild (36˚C-36.4˚C), moderate (32˚C-35.9˚C) and severe hypothermia (<32˚C) with the severity scale carrying prognostic implications [3]. Neonatal hypothermia has been associated with a number of risks factors such as physiological and behavioural characteristics of the neonate and caregivers as well external factors such as the environmental conditions [4]. In Spain, hypothermia was associated with very low birth weight (VLBW) among infants [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Newborns lose heat through conduction, radiation, convection or evaporation[3]. Neonatal hypothermia has been associated with a number of risks including inherent factors such as physiological and behavioural characteristics or external factors such as the environmental conditions[4]. In Spain, hypothermia was associated with VLBW among infants[5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%