Neonatal Thermoregulation
Maintaining thermal stability is one of the most fundamental elements of newborn care, directly influencing respiratory stability, metabolic balance, infection risk, and neurodevelopment. Neonatal Thermoregulation explores how to maintain optimal temperature across care settings—from delivery rooms and transport teams to NICUs and community follow-up services.
Professionals worldwide look for an Neonatology Conference to learn evidence-based approaches to preventing hypothermia and hyperthermia. This session reviews physiology of neonatal heat production, the unique risks faced by premature infants, and environmental, procedural, and cultural factors influencing thermal control. Participants will evaluate delivery-room strategies, warm-chain principles, incubator and radiant warmer use, kangaroo care, and thermoregulation during transport.
Strengthening pediatric neonatal thermoregulation pathways is a major theme, focusing on standardised temperature-monitoring protocols, team roles, escalation criteria, and prevention bundles. Case examples highlight thermal challenges during resuscitation, surgical procedures, skin-to-skin care, and imaging.
Equity considerations include global disparities in warm-chain implementation. Low-resource strategies such as kangaroo mother care, delayed bathing, warmed linens, and portable warming devices will also be discussed.
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Physiology of newborn temperature control
- Understanding heat loss mechanisms through evaporation, convection, conduction, and radiation.
- Identifying risk factors such as prematurity, infection, and resuscitation.
Delivery-room and early-stabilisation practices
- Using warm environments, plastic wraps, and skin-to-skin contact.
- Coordinating temperature checks during resuscitation and early care.
NICU and transport thermoregulation
- Managing incubator settings, humidity, and warm-chain consistency.
- Preventing temperature fluctuation during procedures or transport.
Consequences of thermal instability
- Recognising links to hypoglycaemia, acidosis, sepsis risk, and respiratory instability.
- Understanding long-term neurodevelopmental effects.
Practice Insights and Thermal Care Strategies
Designing thermoregulation protocols
Standardising monitoring and escalation pathways.
Supporting family participation
Encouraging skin-to-skin care and safe warming practices.
Training and team readiness
Improving staff skills through simulation and continuous education.
Addressing resource limitations
Implementing cost-efficient warming strategies in low-resource settings.
Ensuring quality improvement
Using audits and data to refine warm-chain adherence.
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