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  • Title: Thermal effects of hooding incubators.
    Author: Nelson H, Thomas K, Stein M.
    Journal: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs; 1992; 21(5):377-81. PubMed ID: 1403223.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of covering infant incubators on incubator wall and air temperatures, as well as on infant temperatures. DESIGN: A within-subject ABA design, in which blankets covering the incubators were removed for a 30-minute period and then replaced. SETTING: A neonatal intensive-care unit. PARTICIPANTS: Eight medically stable infants (gestational age, 28-33 weeks; birth weight, 913-1,947 g; and postnatal age, 2-39 days). INTERVENTIONS: Incubator wall and air temperatures as well as infant temperatures were measured during three study conditions: incubators covered (30 minutes), uncovered (60 minutes), and re-covered (30 minutes). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incubator air and wall temperature; infant temperature. RESULTS: All incubator walls decreased in temperature after being uncovered; the decrease ranged from 0.6-2.2 degrees C. CONCLUSION: Although infants maintained relatively stable body temperatures during the uncovered period, the energy cost to their thermoregulatory efforts is unknown.
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