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THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES ON THE METABOLIC RATE OF NEWBORN BABIES
Author(s) -
Grausz J. P.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1968.tb04659.x
Subject(s) - oxygen , medicine , metabolic rate , skin temperature , zoology , consumption (sociology) , biomedical engineering , chemistry , biology , social science , organic chemistry , sociology
Summary The oxygen consumption of 27 normal babies was measured at an environmental temperature of about 35°C, approaching this temperature either from 30°C or 40°C. There was a decrease in oxygen consumption at an ambient temperature of 40°C compared with 35°C, provided the baby remained asleep and motionless. The oxygen consumption at an environmental temperature of 35°C when this had been reached by coming from 40°C was 15% higher than when it had been reached by warming from 30°C. This difference could not be explained by differences in skin‐air temperature gradients nor by a Q 10 effect.