PEDIATRICS Vol. 37 No. 5 May 1966, pp. 743-749
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THE EFFECT OF BODY TEMPERATURE ON THE LEVEL OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLITES AND OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN THE NEWBORN

Hana Pribylová 1 and Karel Znamenácek 1

1 Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague 4, Czechoslovakia Pediatric chief: doc. K. Polácek, M.D.

The effect of body temperature on the level of carbohydrate metabolites and oxygen consumption in the newborn was followed in 10 infants placed in incubators at 33°C immediately after birth, and in 30 infants kept at 23°C ambient temperature. Significant differences between the two groups were encountered in concentrations of blood glucose, lactate, and excess lactate. Oxygen consumption was higher in the group in cold environment, indicating a higher metabolic rate after birth.

Factors influencing oxygen consumption, blood levels of glucose, lactate and pyruvate, and their mutual relationships were discussed and the protective influence of high environmental temperatures in newborn infants immediately after birth was considered.

Submitted on October 26, 1964
Accepted on December 7, 1965




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