RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Tuttle, Deborah J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107524028
T1 Temperature Regulation
T2 Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071768016
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107524028
RD 2022/05/28
AB The  chance  of  survival  of  neonates  is  markedly  enhanced  by  the  successful  prevention  of  excessive  heat  loss.  The  newborn  infant  must  be  kept  under  a  neutral  thermal  environment.  This  is  defined  as  the  external  temperature  range  within  which  metabolic  rate  and  hence  oxygen  consumption  are  at  a  minimum  while  the  infant  maintains  a  normal  body  temperature  (Figures  7–17–2  and  Table  7–1).  The  normal  skin  temperature  in  the  neonate  is  36.0–36.5°C  (96.8–97.7°F)  and  the  normal  core  (rectal)  temperature  is  36.5–37.5°C  (97.7–99.5°F).  Axillary  temperature  may  be  0.5–1.0°C  lower  (95.9–98.6°F).  A  normal  body  temperature  implies  only  a  balance  between  heat  production  and  heat  loss  and  should  not  be  interpreted  as  the  equivalent  of  an  optimal  and  minimal  metabolic  rate  and  oxygen  consumption.