BASICS
This is the medical term for the body's ability to maintain its internal temperature within a narrow range despite external temperature changes
What is homeostasis?
What is the body temperature falls to below normal often 2/2 cold temperatures?
Why is is particularly important to maintain proper thermoregulation in neonates
What is the limited ability for neonates to regulate body temperature and large skin surface in relation to body weight?
A common class of medications that can affect thermoregulation in patients
Non-pharmacologic nursing interventions to help feverish patients cool down
What are tepid baths and fans?
Two primary processes involved in thermoregulation that help maintain a stable body temperature
What is metabolism and skin response?
Three common signs and symptoms of moderate hypothermia
What is shivering, confusion, cold/pale skin?
The role of brown fat in neonatal thermoregulation
What is it provides heat and insulation?
How antipyretic medications help in managing fever and two examples
What are reducing fever; acetaminophen and ibuprofen?
Importance of proper hydration in maintaining thermoregulation
What is helps body regulate temperature?
Part of the brain that is responsible for regulating core body temperature
The concept of heat exhaustion and its potential causes
What is excessive heat and dehydration?
The incubator's purpose in neonatal care and how it supports thermoregulation
What is it provides a controlled environment?
The role of vasopressor medications in thermoregulation and when they might be administered
What is they constrict blood vessels and they are administered to increase blood pressure?
Passive rewarming techniques applied in the treatment of hypothermia
What are blankets and warmed IV fluids to increase body temperature?
The normal core body temperature range in degrees Fahrenheit
What is 96.8 - 100.4?
Some nursing interventions for a patient with severe hyperthermia (heat stroke)
The concept of kangaroo care and its benefits for neonatal thermoregulation
What is sharing body heat with parent?
Drugs that trigger malignant hyperthermia
What is -thane drugs and succinycholine?
Avoiding this reflex response is critical when actively cooling a patient to prevent raised metabolic heat
What is shivering?
How shivering helps the body respond to cold temperatures
What is increases heat production through muscle contractions?
How the body responds to heat stress and the potential consequences if not managed
What are overheated body, which leads to heat exhaustion/stroke?
Two potential complication of hypothermia in newborns
What are respiratory distress and infection?
Medication commonly used to include therapeutic hypothermia in specific medical conditions
What is midazolam; it is used to increase therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest care with the goal of protecting brain function?
This is the priority nursing intervention when a patient in the operating room shows signs of malignant hyperthermia, such as muscle rigidity and a rapid rise in end-tidal CO₂
What is administer dantrolene sodium IV immediately?