[Skin care in newborns].
This article is based on brief recent revision of the scientific literature about the care with the skin of the newborn. The text deals with the anatomo-physiology aspects of the skin culminating with the specific care of the skin of newborn in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Considering the highest risk of the pre-term newborn to acquire infections, a special nursing care is proposed regarding the skin function as a protective barrier of the organism.
da Cunha
Maria Luzia Chollopetz
ML
Mendes
Eliane Norma Wagner
EN
Bonilha
Ana Lúcia de Lourenzi
AL
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena