Neonatal Thermoregulation

Abstract

Regulation of body heat and it's relation to the neonatal mortality and morbidity rate is of great importance, considering the high incidence of hypothermia amongst neonates specially preterm infants. As a whole the knowledge and skills of health team personnel play an important role in regulating infant's body tempreture. Maintaining the right tempreture of neouatal unit, screening the neonates at risk and caring for those who need to be cared is of a special value. The question of hyperthermia following hypothermia needs a great deal of attention in neonatal units.

Keywords

• hypothermia
• hyperthermia
• thermoregulation in neonates