Indirect assessment of oxygen requirements in newborn babies by monitoring deep body temperature.
Open Access
- 1 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 41 (215), 25-33
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.41.215.25
Abstract
A baby''s need for O2 enrichment of the inspired air can be assessed by measuring his ability to produce heat. Indirect evidence of this ability can be gained by monitoring the rectal temperature in certain thermal conditions, and this information can be valuable clinically. The limitations of this method and the precautions necessary are discussed.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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