Head insulation and heat loss in naked and clothed newborns using a thermal mannequin

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1090-1096

  Elabbassi, Elmountacer Billah ^a   Chardon, Karen ^a   Bach, Véronique ^a   Telliez, Frédéric ^a   Delanaud, Stéphane ^a   Libert, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dry heat loss; Neonatal thermoregulation; Thermal insulation; Thermal mannequin

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES;

CLOTHING INSULATION; DRY HEAT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; NEONATAL THERMOREGULATION; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; THERMAL MANNEQUIN;

THERMAL INSULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT LOSS; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLOTHING; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOTHING; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANIKINS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035989987     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1481518     Document Type: Article

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