Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section.
Newborns, regardless of the method of termination of pregnancy, are exposed to the first exogenous stress factors during delivery. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the differences in newborns' thermal response to vaginal (VD) vs caesarean section (CS) delivery. The temperature was measu...
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| author | Anna Lubkowska Sławomir Szymański Monika Chudecka |
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| description | Newborns, regardless of the method of termination of pregnancy, are exposed to the first exogenous stress factors during delivery. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the differences in newborns' thermal response to vaginal (VD) vs caesarean section (CS) delivery. The temperature was measured during the first minutes of life within 122 healthy full-term newborns, on the forehead, chest and upper-back by infrared camera (FLIR T1030sc HD). The lowest temperatures were recorded in the forehead of VD newborns (significantly difference with CS; p < 0.001), the warmest was the chest. A significant correlation was found between the duration of the second stage of natural childbirth and surface temperature and pO2 in the newborn blood. The temperatures of selected body surface areas correlate highly positively, regardless of the mode of delivery. In the case of healthy neonates, with normal birth weight and full-term, VD creates more favourable conditions stimulating the mechanisms of adaptation for a newborn than CS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12f173afec1848f5bbf42a82f5d4d2152022-12-21T18:34:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-011512e024345310.1371/journal.pone.0243453Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section.Anna LubkowskaSławomir SzymańskiMonika ChudeckaNewborns, regardless of the method of termination of pregnancy, are exposed to the first exogenous stress factors during delivery. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the differences in newborns' thermal response to vaginal (VD) vs caesarean section (CS) delivery. The temperature was measured during the first minutes of life within 122 healthy full-term newborns, on the forehead, chest and upper-back by infrared camera (FLIR T1030sc HD). The lowest temperatures were recorded in the forehead of VD newborns (significantly difference with CS; p < 0.001), the warmest was the chest. A significant correlation was found between the duration of the second stage of natural childbirth and surface temperature and pO2 in the newborn blood. The temperatures of selected body surface areas correlate highly positively, regardless of the mode of delivery. In the case of healthy neonates, with normal birth weight and full-term, VD creates more favourable conditions stimulating the mechanisms of adaptation for a newborn than CS.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243453 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Lubkowska Sławomir Szymański Monika Chudecka Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. PLoS ONE |
| title | Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. |
| title_full | Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. |
| title_fullStr | Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. |
| title_short | Neonatal thermal response to childbirth: Vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section. |
| title_sort | neonatal thermal response to childbirth vaginal delivery vs caesarean section |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243453 |
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