ArticleAdvances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses2010
Seasonal mapping of NICU temperature.
Article in Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Incidence and factors associated with agitation in patients on mechanical ventilators in Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia: a multi-center study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Humidity on Neonates: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- AI-Guided Computing Insights into a Thermostat Monitoring Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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purposeTo create a thermal map of ambient air, radiant, and evaporative temperatures and humidity throughout the NICU nursery by season across a calendar year. SUBJECTS: Each cubicle of the 32-bed NICU, distributed across 5 rooms, in a level III nursery was measured.
methodsTemperatures were recorded at a consistent time on one day during January, April, July, and October.
main outcome measuresAn electronic monitor (QUESTemp degrees 34; Quest Technologies, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin) was used to measure dry bulb, wet bulb, and globe thermometer temperatures.
resultsAnalysis of variance revealed statistically significant (P < .000) differences in season, room, and season by room interaction. Room ambient air temperatures differed by less than 2 degrees F across season. Radiant temperature paralleled air temperature. Humidity, the predominant difference across season, produced evaporative temperatures considerably lower than room air temperature, and the gradient between mean nursery dry bulb temperature and wet bulb temperature was 9.3 degrees F in summer and 16.8 degrees F in winter.
conclusionsThe thermal map revealed seasonal thermal differences, particularly in humidity level and evaporative temperature. Room temperature alone does not reflect the total thermal environment. Recommendations include periodic assessment of nurseries along with air, evaporative, and radiant temperatures as well as humidity to fully appreciate the impact of the thermal environment on infants.
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