Special Baby Care: Premature Babies
Why babies should stay in an incubator?
If the child is placed in an incubator, first impressions can be very disturbing, but it provides the baby the right temperature and humidity of the environment that he needs at that time, because premature babies lose much heat through your skin and are more vulnerable to the action of bacteria or viruses.
What is ventilation?
In some cases, the baby may require ventilatory support due to problems in oxygenation, especially in cases of premature babies. Depending on the severity of the case will be the team that he needed assistance, varying from only one oxygen mask of a team of artificial ventilation.
What about premature babies?
Premature babies have varying degrees of immaturity in some organs, especially the lungs, digestive system, and also in controlling body temperature, which is why it is very important to the control and supervision in these cases and the only way is in a special room and specially trained for such cases. Usually remain under special care until they are 38 weeks of gestation, and depending on the week you were born as long as remain hospitalized.
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