Temperature stability of newborn infants in incubators during their first 72 hours of life

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted on 50 newborn infants [25 full-term and 25 premature] admitted immediately after delivery to the intensive care unit at El-Shatby Maternity Hospital. Newborns' temperature and incubators temperature were recorded every hour for the first 6 hours, then every 3 hours for the rest of the 72 hours. The study revealed that the full term infants needed up to 24 hours and the premature needed up to 66 hours to reach the normal temperature and have their temperature be stabilized