| A newborn's first bath: when? | |
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PMID: 8835807 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of early admission bathing on thermoregulation in newborns. DESIGN: Randomized, comparative study. SETTING: A regional hospital providing primary and secondary newborn care. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred healthy, full-term newborns. INTERVENTIONS: Newborns in the investigational group with a minimum rectal temperature of 36.5 degrees C. were bathed after the newborn admission assessment examination was completed (M = 61.15 minutes of age), whereas newborns in the control group were bathed at the standard of 4 hours of age (M = 252.12 minutes of age). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Rectal temperatures were measured using a Diatek thermometer. Rectal temperatures were recorded during the newborn admission assessment examination, immediately before bathing, immediately after bathing, 1 hour after bathing, and 2 hours after bathing. RESULTS: No significant differences (p < .05) in rectal temperatures, were found between the groups during the admission assessment examination, before bathing, immediately after bathing, 1 hour after bathing, or 2 hours after bathing. No significant differences were found between the groups in type of delivery, time of birth, gestational age, birth weight, Apgar scores at 1 and 5 minutes, air temperature, apical heart rate, or respiratory rate. CONCLUSIONS: Healthy, full-term newborns whose rectal temperatures are greater than 36.5 degrees C can be bathed immediately after the admission assessment examination. |
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Authors:
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T Penny-MacGillivray |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN / NAACOG Volume: 25 ISSN: 0884-2175 ISO Abbreviation: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs Publication Date: 1996 Jul-Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-12-26 Completed Date: 1996-12-26 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8503123 Medline TA: J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 481-7 Citation Subset: IM; N |
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Maternal-Child Unit, St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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Analysis of Variance Baths* Body Temperature Body Temperature Regulation* Humans Infant, Newborn / physiology* Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control Time Factors |
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