Types of Heat Loss Hypothermia Hyperthermia Recommendations & Bathing Mixing it up
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What is 37C?
Average normal axillary temperature of a new born.
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What is Hypothermia
Newborn temperature below 36.5C.
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What is above 37.3C?
The body temperature that defines hyperthermia in a newborn.
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What is 24 hours?
Length of time bathing should be delayed after birth.
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What is 6 hours?
Minimum time between birth and a bath.
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What is radiation heat loss?
A type of heat loss that could result from an infant being near the window on a cold day.
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What is hypoglycemia?
Increased glucose consumption necessary for heat production by the newborn.
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What is remove from heat source?
First thing you do for evironmental newborn hyperthermia.
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What are clean towels, washcloths, baby soap, hat, clothes, blankets, socks, and diaper?
Things you should gather prior to giving a newborn a bath.
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What is thermoregulation?
The ability to balance heat production and heat loss in order to maintain body temperature within a certain normal range.
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What is evaporation?
Water or amniotic fluid on a baby's skin exposed to air.
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What are using a warming incubator, skin-to-skin contact, or a warm room or cot.
Three ways you can increase the temperature of a newborn experiencing severe hypothermia.
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What is 40C?
Body temperature to be considered severe hyperthermia.
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What skin-to-skin contact?
Way to return the newborn's body up to normal temperature after bathing.
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What is the metabolism of brown fat?
Non-shivering thermogenesis in the newborn.
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What is conduction heat loss?
Setting a newborn on a metal or glass scale without a blanket barrier.
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What is untreated hypothermia?
Neurological complications, hyperbilirubinemia, clotting disorders, or death are possible in this condition progression.
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What are 1) overheating from incubators/warmers/evironment 2) maternal fever 3) epidural 4) phototherapy/sunlight 5) infection 6) CNS disorders 7) dehydration?
Name four causes of hyperthermia in newborns.
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What is one to two more layers than adults AND use hat/cap
Recommended clothing a newborn should wear.
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What is the brain, heart, and liver?
Organs that produce the most metabolic energy
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What is evaporation, conduction, convection, and radiation?
The four types of newborn heat loss.
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What is 1-1.5C higher than the body temperature.
The increments a warming incubator should be set at to increase a newborn's temperature while in severe hypothermia.
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What is give a bath with warm water 2C lower than the newborn's body temperature?
A treatment for severe hyperthermia in the newborn.
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What are hypothermia, respiratory compromise, and increased oxygen consumption?
Risks of bathing an infant immediately post birth.
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What are signs and symptoms of hypothermia in the newborn?
Acrocyanosis, cool/pale skin, hypoglycemia, bradycardia, tachypnea, restlessness, shallow irregular breathing, decreased activity, lethargy, feeble cry, poor feeding, decreased weight gain.






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