FREQUENCY OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FACTORS DURING TRANSFER OF NEWBORN BABY FROM DELIVERY ROOM TO NEONATAL NURSERY

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Qamar Un Nisa
Madiha Mukhtar

Keywords

Hypothermia, Newborn, frequency

Abstract

Background:


The neonatal period, which lasts from birth to 28 days, is known as the newborn baby or neonate stage. After delivery, the infant experiences a number of changes and must adapt to numerous physiological mechanisms in order to survive. Because there is less body fat in a newborn after birth, the baby's body temperature might drop quickly. Shivering and non-shivering thermo genesis allowed newborns to maintain their body temperature under the supervision of the brain and endocrine pathways. Hypothermia has been established as a substantial contributor to neonatal death because it frequently occurs as a co-morbidity with other infant causes


Objective: To inquire the frequency of occurrence of Neonatal hypothermia during transfer of baby from delivery room to neonate nursery.


Methodology: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted at one public and one private tertiary care hospitals of Multan, Punjab. The Study population consisted of the newborn babies born at the selected hospitals. A stratified random sample of n=200 participants was recruited. All participants were assessed with the help of an observational checklist. A written consent was implied to parents of every participant. After data collection it was entered and analyzed in SPSS version- 21.


Results: Findings revealed that majority of newborns 100 (50%) had temperatures in the range of 97.9 - 98.9°F at birth, and very few 3 (1.5%0 had temperature 96.9 - 97.8°F at birth.  Temperature 10 minutes after Birth was also observed where majority 160 (80%) had temperature 97.9 - 98.9°F while 32 (16%) had temperature 99 - 100°F 10 minutes after birth. Moreover, temperature 10 minutes before Nursery shifting was assessed where a good majority 161 (80.5%) had temperature 97.9 - 98.9°F, 22 (11%) had temperature 96.9 - 97.8°F and very few 17 (8.5%) had temperature 99 - 100°F. The majority of newborns had temperatures in the range of 97.9 - 98.9°F both at birth (50%) and 10 minutes after birth (80%). The distribution of temperatures 10 minutes before nursery shifting is similar to that after birth, with the majority falling in the 97.9 - 98.9°F range. 


Conclusion:  The percentage distribution indicates that a significant portion of newborns had temperatures within the normal physiological range.

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