Abstract: Measuring Body Temperature and Vasomotor Tone in Preterm Infants Using Infrared Imaging, Thermistors and Perfusion Index (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 25-29 2011))

Measuring Body Temperature and Vasomotor Tone in Preterm Infants Using Infrared Imaging, Thermistors and Perfusion Index

Monday, June 27, 2011: 4:00 PM

503-504 (Colorado Convention Center)

Janet Levy, PhD , School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC

Diane Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN , School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC

Laurence Katz, MD , School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Bob Guenther, PhD , Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, NC

David Tanaka, MD , School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC

Robin B. Knobel, PhD, RNC, NNP , School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC

Discipline: Newborn Care (NB), Advanced Practice (AP)

Learning Objectives:

Describe conditions of hypothermia during the first few days of life in a premature infant.
Discern different areas of body temperature in infrared thermal images of premature infants.
Discuss trends of perfusion index in a premature infant.

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