INTERACTION OF CLOTHING IN THERMOREGULATION IN THE CASE OF PRETERM INFANTS

The paper presents a study about the thermoregulation in the case of premature babies and the importance and influence of their clothing in this complex process. The temperature of premature babies has to be between 36.5 - 37.5°C but, hypothermia (axillary temperature <36.5°C) is a common situation. This is primarily due to a large surface area and metabolic mass ratio that results in heat loss. Hypothermia among new-borns is considered an important contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality. In this context, it has been identified that clothing products are recommended to maintain the optimal body temperature for those born prematurely. The elaborate clothing products aim at maintaining a thermal comfort and certain physiological indicators. Skin temperature and tactile sensations also play an important role in the growth and development of premature babies. In this regard, 15 premature infants were used as study subjects and their temperature profile was recorded. The proposed clothes aimed to maintain the baby's temperature in the normal range and provide a pleasant aesthetic appearance, while helping to improve the medical manipulations to which these children are subjected.

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Knowledge of Mothers and some Relative Factors about Kangaroo Method Take Care Premature Infants

VNU Journal of Science Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.25073/2588-1132/vnumps.4310 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Ha Thi Kim Loan ◽

Pham Van Dem ◽

Nguyen Thanh Nam ◽

Nguyen Tien Dung

Keyword(s):

Premature Infants ◽

Health Workers ◽

Neonatal Morbidity ◽

Kangaroo Mother Care ◽

Related Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Premature Babies ◽

Internet Media ◽

Skin To Skin

Aim: The consequences of neonatal morbidity and mortality are severe, but interventions are available within maternal-children health care programs can save the lives of most babies. In particular, Kangaroo mother care for infants is a simple, easy-to-implement intervention that contributes to improving health and reducing infant mortality, especially among premature babies. Subjects and method of study: In this study, we used cross-sectional descriptive research to interview knowledge of 60 mothers with premature babies on Kangaroo mother care method and some related factors at Bach Mai Hospital from October 2019 to March 2020. Results: Research results show that 94.8% of mothers knew about Kangaroo mother care method, of which only 91.78% of mothers had knowledge about this method through their relatives and friends. friends accounted for 58.2%, via internet media 45.5% and 18.2% through health workers. The mother's education was related to the mother's knowledge about Kangaroo mother care method with p <0.05. Conclusion: Education enhancing about role and effection of skin-to-skin in premature infants. Keywords: skin-to-skin, Kangaroo mother care, KMC, preterm delivery.

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Optimum time interval for intertwin delivery for extreme prematurity in DCDA twin pregnancy. A case report and a literature review

Hellenic Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.33574/hjog.1632 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 91-97

Author(s):

Prabha Sinha ◽

Olakanmi Joseph ◽

Aoun Hakmi

Keyword(s):

Multiple Pregnancy ◽

Neonatal Morbidity ◽

Morbidity And Mortality ◽

Time Interval ◽

Health Issues ◽

Extreme Prematurity ◽

Premature Babies ◽

Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽

High Incidence ◽

Multifetal Pregnancy

Due to increased use of ART delayed twin interval delivery has become a common occurrence. Multiple pregnancy is associated with high incidence of premature labour. Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality all over the world as premature babies are at a greater risk of dying and has other health issues. Delivery of the presenting fetus usually followed by delivery of the second fetus shortly thereafter. There is no study available for the management of multifetal pregnancy, where one twin had delivered very prematurely and the time interval of the delivery for subsequent fetus. Conservation of pregnancy has good outcome when properly managed with careful surveillance. Survival rate increases by approximately 10% every week conserved in utero. Reservation persist in anticipation of increased maternal morbidity and mortality due to infection after conservative management.Time interval remains a dilemma in extreme prematurity.

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Effects of waterbirths and traditional bedbirths on outcomes for neonates

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v32i2.934 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

H.B. Ros

Keyword(s):

Cord Blood ◽

Umbilical Cord ◽

Umbilical Cord Blood ◽

Neonatal Morbidity ◽

Blood Levels ◽

Axillary Temperature ◽

Primitive Reflexes ◽

Subsequent Research ◽

Group A ◽

Group B

When women are pregnant, some plan to have waterbirths and other plan to have traditional bedbirths. Therefore some neonates will be born under water and other neonates out of the water on a bed. It is unclear what the outcomes for the neonates are after these two types o f deliveries. The research goals of this study were to explore and describe the outcomes for neonates after waterbirths (group A) and traditional bedbirths (group B) and to generate hypotheses based on the outcomes for neonates after waterbirths and traditional bedbirths that need to be tested in subsequent research studies. The design was an explorative descriptive survey. The mothers were purposefully selected to participate in the research study. They had to be healthy, low-risk pregnant women with a single pregnancy and a cephalic presentation. They had to be 37 to 42 weeks pregnant. Group A delivered their neonates at two private hospitals in Gauteng and group B delivered their neonates at a government hospital in Gauteng. Data was collected during labour, just after the delivery, two hours after the delivery and 14 days after the delivery. A data collection instrument was used. The following neonatal outcomes were measured: Apgar score at one and five minutes, axillary temperature, pH-, haemoglobin- and sodium levels of the umbilical cord blood, the neurological condition of the neonate as reflected by the primitive reflexes and neonatal morbidity until 14 days after birth. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the data. It appeared if group A had higher Apgar scores, neonatal temperatures and umbilical cord blood haemoglobin levels and lower sodium umbilical cord blood levels than group B. The umbilical cord blood pH levels, neonatal morbidity and primitive reflexes o f both groups appeared equal. Group B needed more resuscitation of the neonate directly after birth than group A. Hypotheses were generated that need to be tested in subsequent research.

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MILK YIELD AND MILK COMPOSITION OF TECHNOLOGICAL GROUPS OF COWS IN THE DAIRY FARM LLP «KAMYSHENKA»

HERALD OF SCIENCE OF S. SEIFULLIN KAZAKH AGRO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ◽

10.51452/kazatu.2021.1(108).167 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 116

Author(s):

K.Kh. Shaikenov, Candidate of Agriculture sciences ◽

М.К.Саденова., к.с.х.н., старший преподаватель ◽

О.V Gorelik, Doctor of Agriculture sciences, Professor

Keyword(s):

Dairy Cows ◽

Milk Yield ◽

Dairy Farm ◽

Specific Weight ◽

Milk Composition ◽

Normal Range ◽

Milk Productivity ◽

Physiological Indicators ◽

Cell Counts ◽

Increase In Productivity

The article deals with the issues of milk productivity and milk composition of dairy cows divided into technological groups in order to increase milk productivity and improve the milk composition of cows of the dairy farm "Kamyshenka" LLP of the Akmola region. The authors present data on the structure of the herd, the specific weight of cows in which was insufficient for dairy farms.The issues of monitoring the milk productivity of cows of all technological groups, divided by the level of milk yield, physiological indicators and health status, which showed an increase in productivity in comparison with last year's indicators, were also considered. A study of the chemical composition for the fat content and protein content of milk from dairy cows was also conducted. At the same time, a study of the health of the udder of cows was conducted on the presence of somatic cells in milk on the analyzer "Somatos Mini". Somatic cell counts were within the normal range.

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ultrastructural process of intestinal wound healing

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100141494 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 1024-1025

Author(s):

Rick L. Vaughn ◽

Shailendra K. Saxena ◽

John G. Sharp

Keyword(s):

Wound Healing ◽

Epithelial Cells ◽

Smooth Muscles ◽

Microscopic Level ◽

Light Microscopic Level ◽

Ileal Mucosa ◽

Wound Model ◽

Serosal Surface ◽

Complex Process ◽

Orderly Fashion

We have developed an intestinal wound model that includes surgical construction of an ileo-cecal patch to study the complex process of intestinal wound healing. This allows approximation of ileal mucosa to the cecal serosa and facilitates regeneration of ileal mucosa onto the serosal surface of the cecum. The regeneration of ileal mucosa can then be evaluated at different times. The wound model also allows us to determine the rate of intestinal regeneration for a known size of intestinal wound and can be compared in different situations (e.g. with and without EGF and Peyer’s patches).At the light microscopic level it appeared that epithelial cells involved in regeneration of ileal mucosa originated from the enlarged crypts adjacent to the intestinal wound and migrated in an orderly fashion onto the serosal surface of the cecum. The migrating epithelial cells later formed crypts and villi by the process of invagination and evagination respectively. There were also signs of proliferation of smooth muscles underneath the migratory epithelial cells.

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Vestibular Function and Motion Sickness Susceptibility: Videonystagmographic Evidence From Oculomotor and Caloric Tests

American Journal of Audiology ◽

10.1044/2020_aja-19-00050 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 188-198

Author(s):

Cynthia G. Fowler ◽

Margaret Dallapiazza ◽

Kathleen Talbot Hadsell

Keyword(s):

Phase Velocity ◽

Motion Sickness ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Short Form ◽

Vestibular Function ◽

Slow Phase ◽

Test Results ◽

Normal Range ◽

Slow Phase Velocity ◽

Caloric Tests

Purpose Motion sickness (MS) is a common condition that affects millions of individuals. Although the condition is common and can be debilitating, little research has focused on the vestibular function associated with susceptibility to MS. One causal theory of MS is an asymmetry of vestibular function within or between ears. The purposes of this study, therefore, were (a) to determine if the vestibular system (oculomotor and caloric tests) in videonystagmography (VNG) is associated with susceptibility to MS and (b) to determine if these tests support the theory of an asymmetry between ears associated with MS susceptibility. Method VNG was used to measure oculomotor and caloric responses. Fifty young adults were recruited; 50 completed the oculomotor tests, and 31 completed the four caloric irrigations. MS susceptibility was evaluated with the Motion Sickness Susceptibility Questionnaire–Short Form; in this study, percent susceptibility ranged from 0% to 100% in the participants. Participants were divided into three susceptibility groups (Low, Mid, and High). Repeated-measures analyses of variance and pairwise comparisons determined significance among the groups on the VNG test results. Results Oculomotor test results revealed no significant differences among the MS susceptibility groups. Caloric stimuli elicited responses that were correlated positively with susceptibility to MS. Slow-phase velocity was slowest in the Low MS group compared to the Mid and High groups. There was no significant asymmetry between ears in any of the groups. Conclusions MS susceptibility was significantly and positively correlated with caloric slow-phase velocity. Although asymmetries between ears are purported to be associated with MS, asymmetries were not evident. Susceptibility to MS may contribute to interindividual variability of caloric responses within the normal range.

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