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7 Temperature control and hypothermia

7 Temperature control and hypothermia

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

Keep infants warm.
Explain why infants can develop hypothermia.
Recognise the signs and list the dangers of hypothermia.
Prevent and treat hypothermia.
List the causes and complications of pyrexia.

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7-1 How do you measure an infant’s temperature?

7-2 What is the normal range of body temperature?

7-3 What determines body temperature?

7-4 How do newborn infants produce heat?

7-5 Which infants produce too little heat?

7-6 How do infants lose heat?

7-7 Which infants lose too much heat?

7-8 What is hypothermia?

7-9 Which infants are at the greatest risk of hypothermia?

7-10 How do you prevent hypothermia?

7-11 What is the best environmental temperature?

7-12 How do you keep an infant warm?

7-13 When does a small infant no longer need an incubator?

7-14 How do you recognise a hypothermic infant?

7-15 What metabolic problems are common in hypothermic infants?

7-16 How do you treat hypothermia?

7-17 What is pyrexia?

7-18 Is pyrexia dangerous?

7-19 Case study 1

7-20 Case study 2

7-21 Case study 3

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Introduction ( 0 items )
1 Neonatal asphyxia and resuscitation ( 34 items )
1A Skills workshop: Neonatal resuscitation ( 15 items )
2 Assessing gestational age and size at birth ( 29 items )
2A Skills workshop: Gestational age and weight ( 10 items )
3 The routine care of normal infants ( 46 items )
3A Skills workshop: Clinical history and exam ( 12 items )
4 Feeding normal infants ( 46 items )
5 Care of high-risk and sick infants ( 38 items )
5A Skills workshop: Clinical notes and observations ( 17 items )
6 Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 35 items )
6A Skills workshop: Feeding sick or high-risk infants ( 12 items )
7A Skills workshop: Temperature control and hypothermia ( 14 items )
8 Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 23 items )
8A Skills workshop: Glucose control and hypoglycaemia ( 12 items )
9 Jaundice, anaemia and polycythaemia ( 42 items )
9A Skills workshop: Jaundice and phototherapy ( 8 items )
10 Respiratory distress and apnoea ( 44 items )
10A Skills workshop: Respiratory distress & apnoea ( 13 items )
11 Oxygen therapy ( 52 items )
11A Skills workshop: Oxygen therapy ( 16 items )
12 Infection ( 55 items )
13 Trauma and bleeding ( 33 items )
14 Birth defects ( 33 items )
15 Communication ( 39 items )

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