Quiz 7: Temperature control and hypothermia Flashcards
The body temperature of a newborn infant should be measured by placing a digital thermometer:
In the mouth
In the rectum
In the axilla (arm pit)
In the incubator
In the axilla (arm pit)
The normal abdominal skin temperature in a newborn infant is:
- 5–36.0°C
- 0–36.5°C
- 5–37.0°C
- 0–37.5°C
36.0–36.5°C
Newborn infants produce heat by:
Shivering
Kicking their legs
Sweating
Breaking down brown fat
Breaking down brown fat
Heat production is poor in:
Preterm infants
Term infants
Postterm infants
Female infants
Preterm infants
Loss of heat to the surrounding air is called:
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
Evaporation
Convection
The amount of heat lost by radiation is influenced by:
The temperature of the incubator
The temperature of the room air
The temperature of the walls and windows
The temperature of the doctor’s hands
The temperature of the walls and windows
Wet infants lose heat by:
Conduction
Convection
Evaporation
Radiation
Evaporation
Heat loss is excessive in infants born:
Underweight for gestational age
With an appropriate weight for gestational age
Overweight for gestational age
At term
Underweight for gestational age
What type of subcutaneous fat prevents heat loss?
Brown fat
White fat
Yellow fat
Pink fat
White fat
Hypothermia is defined as a skin temperature below:
37°C
36°C
30°C
25°C
36°C
What determines the correct incubator temperature?
The infant’s weight
The infant’s sex
The infant’s haemoglobin concentration
The Apgar score
The infant’s weight
When is the oxygen and energy requirements of an infant lowest?
When the body temperature is above normal.
When the body temperature is normal.
When the body temperature is below normal.
The oxygen and energy requirements are not influenced by body temperature.
When the body temperature is normal.
Heat loss by radiation is best prevented by:
Woollen booties
Woollen leggings
A woollen jacket
A woollen cap
A woollen cap
How should a well newborn infant with a gestational age of 35 weeks and weighing 1500 g be nursed?
With the mother in the KMC position
Under a radiant warmer
In a cot (bassinet) in the general nursery
In a special warmed room
With the mother in the KMC position
Which form of heat loss is reduced by a perspex heat shield?
Convection
Radiation
Evaporation
Conduction
Radiation
