title: [Skin care in newborns].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Maria Luzia Chollopetz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: Eliane Norma Wagner
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia de Lourenzi
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bonilha
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena