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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Preterm children warm [Keywords:] premature children warm To maintain body temperature in the normal range is important for normal physiological conditions. Newborns at birth and maternal body temperature the same as the mother after the birth of low temperature than the surrounding environment, due to incomplete development of neonatal body temperature regulation center, sweat gland insufficiency. Birth weight The more light, ambient temperature should be closer to body temperature. For children with low weight, premature children with body temperature maintained at normal body temperature range, warmth will be a low birth weight children, preterm children with important issues. 1 premature children with the characteristics of temperature regulation 1.1 The body’s heat production hot material is mainly fat, carbohydrates and proteins, and they all come from food, to maintain body temperature, there must be adequate caloric intake. A normal 3 days after the birth of fat reserves can be maintained the need for energy, heat mainly from the decomposition of brown fat, then eat normally add heat. The children of the brown fat in preterm infants less than normal, heat is less, can not eat normally supplement the heat can cause heat enough. 1.2 Thermal heat preterm children mainly conduction, radiation, convection, evaporation of heat. This is the characteristics of preterm children related to: (a relatively large surface area, a unit of weight premature children adults surface area of #8203;#8203;about 3 times, therefore, relatively large heat dissipation area. (2 body heat in the center and cooling at the surface, light weight premature children, the center to surface distance is short, but rich in subcutaneous blood vessels, are easy to heat. (3 preterm children thermoregulation imperfect development center, children’s limbs often has extended premature state, and more exposed parts, easy to heat. 2 premature children of pr