Pediatr. praxi 2019; 20(5): 326-330 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2019.067

Adapted clinical practice guideline: thermal management in newborn babies

Mgr. Jaroslava Fendrychová, Ph.D.

Katedra anesteziologie, resuscitace, intenzivní a perioperační péče,

Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, Brno

The article presents another adapted clinical practice guideline (CPG) focused on provision and maintaining of thermoneutral environment in postnatal care of newborn babies, which was developed in a similar way (using the ADAPTE protocol) as the clinical practice guideline published in Pediatrie pro praxi (No. 4/2015, No. 1/2016, No. 4/2017, No. 2 and 5/2018, No. 2/2019). On the basis of a literature search the existing clinical practice guidelines and other recommendations were identified and analyzed methodologically and then a draft of a new, adapted clinical practice guideline was developed. It was presented to 398 nurses from 11 perinatology centres in the Czech Republic and the final CPG was created on the basis of their comments. The aim of the guideline is to give the competent health care workers practical information about ensuring of normal body temperature of the newborn baby after the birth, during resuscitation, transportation, admission to the department and during the first bath. The article also contains information about body temperature measurement in newborn babies and about identification of hypo- and hyperthermia.

Keywords: adapted clinical practice guideline, newborn baby, thermal management, thermoneutral environment, body temperaturemeasurement

Published: November 1, 2019  Show citation