Influence of Incubator Air Temperature on the Respiratory Responses of Preterm Infants: Executive Summary

摘要

Eight infants between 4 and 9 days old with birth weights ranging from 1200-2000 grams and gestational ages from 28.5-33 weeks were observed at 30 second intervals over an 8 hour period using a computerized data acquisition system to sample and record incubator air and radiant temperatures, infant abdominal skin temperature and respiratory frequency. Those infants with the longest gestational periods were able to respond to the cyclic variation in the incumbator air temperature.