The Optimum Thermal Environment for Naked Babies
Open Access
- 1 June 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 45 (241) , 328-334
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.45.241.328
Abstract
The optimum thermal environment in which to nurse a baby naked in an incubator has been defined from a knowledge of the magnitude of the factors affecting thermal balance. Such a neutral environment allows body temperature to remain normal while oxygen consumption and evaporative water loss are both at a minimum.Keywords
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