PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - O R Smales
AU  - R Kime
TI  - Thermoregulation in babies immediately after birth.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.53.1.58
DP  - 1978 Jan 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 58--61
VI  - 53
IP  - 1
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/53/1/58.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/53/1/58.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1978 Jan 01; 53
AB  - The fall in body temperature that occurs in babies soon after birth is influenced by the baby's weight and its environmental conditions. The rate of oxygen consumption 1 1/2 hours after birth was unrelated to body temperature and only slightly raised, indicating a limited thermogenic capacity. A radiant heater effectively prevented cooling in babies kept with their mothers in the delivery room. Washing soon after birth caused a significant cooling. Healthy term babies were found to have a limited thermogenic response to a cool environment over the first 12 hour of life and efforts to limit heat losses should be concentrated on this period.