Preventability of neonatal cold injury and its contribution to neonatal mortality.
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Preventability of neonatal cold injury and its contribution to neonatal mortality.
When the body temperature of a small neonate falls below 35 degrees C, lassitude can be noted; severe derangements of cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, immunological, and hematological systems may also occur depending in part on the duration and severity of hypothermia. Diagnosis requires a low-reading thermometer, lacking which the diagnosis can be suspected, but most often is missed. Fatal case...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.94-1567975