PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Smales, O R AU - Kime, R 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.