EFFECT OF INSULATED SKIN PROBES TO INCREASE SKIN-TO-ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE-GRADIENTS OF PRETERM INFANTS CARED FOR IN CONVECTIVE INCUBATORS

Authors
DOLLBERG S ATHERTON HD SIGDA M ACREE CM HOATH SB
Citation
S. Dollberg et al., EFFECT OF INSULATED SKIN PROBES TO INCREASE SKIN-TO-ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE-GRADIENTS OF PRETERM INFANTS CARED FOR IN CONVECTIVE INCUBATORS, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(5), 1994, pp. 799-801
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
799 - 801
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:5<799:EOISPT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Thermal support systems for premature infants that are based on skin s ervocontrol depend on accurate measurement of skin surface temperature . We examined prospectively the effect of probe insulation to alter me asured skin temperature in 10 preterm infants. The use of insulated pr obes resulted in significant alteration in incubator servocontrol, wit h lower incubator air temperatures and higher skin-to-environment temp erature gradients.