title: Effect of phototherapy on thermal environment of the newborn.
abstract: Oxygen consumption was studied in 40 newborn babies undergoing phototherapy for hyperbilirubinaemia, both when enclosed within an incubator or nursed in an open cot. Exposure to phototherapy caused a rise in temperature at the mattress surface. This could result in overheating a baby nursed in an incubator, but by contrast is likely only partially to compensate for the loss of insulation of an unclothed baby in an open cot.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000628:therapy; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010789:Phototherapy; D013696:Temperature