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Cristina-Silva C, Amaral-Silva L, Santos KM, Correa GM, da Silva WC, Fernandes MHMR, da Silva GSF, Gargaglioni LH, Almeida MC, Bicego KC. Cutaneous TRPV4 Channels Activate Warmth-Defense Responses in Young and Adult Birds. Front Physiol 2022; 13:892828. [PMID: 35910562 PMCID: PMC9337882 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.892828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels are sensitive to warm ambient temperatures (Tas), triggering heat loss responses in adult rats in a Tas range of ∼26–30°C. In birds, however, the thermoregulatory role of TRPV4 has never been shown. Here, we hypothesized that stimulation of TRPV4 induces thermolytic responses for body temperature (Tb) maintenance in birds, and that this function is already present in early life, when the Ta range for TRPV4 activation does not represent a warm condition for these animals. We first demonstrated the presence of TRPV4 in the dorsal and ventral skin of chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) by immunohistochemistry. Then, we evaluated the effects of the TRPV4 agonist, RN1747, and the TRPV4 antagonists, HC067047 and GSK2193874, on Tb and thermoeffectors at different Tas in 5-day-old chicks and 60-day-old adult chickens. For the chicks, RN1747 transiently reduced Tb both in thermoneutrality (31°C) and in a cold Ta for this phase (26°C), which relied on huddling behavior inhibition. The TRPV4 antagonists alone did not affect Tb or thermoeffectors but blocked the Tb decrease and huddling inhibition promoted by RN1747. For the adults, TRPV4 antagonism increased Tb when animals were exposed to 28°C (suprathermoneutral condition for adults), but not to 19°C. In contrast, RN1747 decreased Tb by reducing metabolic rate and activating thermal tachypnea at 19°C, a Ta below the activation range of TRPV4. Our results indicate that peripheral TRPV4 receptors are functional in early life, but may be inhibited at that time when the range of activation (∼26–30°C) represents cold Ta for chicks, and become physiologically relevant for Tb maintenance when the activation Ta range for TRPV4 becomes suprathermoneutral for adult chickens.
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- Caroline Cristina-Silva
- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais (ICB/UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Sao Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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Jayasinghe D, Wilcox L, Schoonakker B. The safety of passive hypothermia during assessment for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy. Early Hum Dev 2021; 157:105351. [PMID: 33836488 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) is poorly predicted by markers of hypoxic ischaemic (HI) delivery. Repeated examination of infants with HI markers facilitates diagnostic certainty of HIE severity. When infants with HIE are nursed at incubator ambient air-temperature set to achieve normothermia, there is sometimes associated hyperthermia, a predictor of poor outcome. An alternative is to nurse infants without external heat (passive hypothermia, PH). We report a retrospective cohort-study to determine the safety of PH during the assessment of infant eligibility for therapeutic hypothermia (TH). METHODS Inborn infants of gestational age ≥36 weeks, less than 6 h of age, with evidence of HI delivery were admitted for assessment for HIE. Infants were nursed undressed in an incubator treated with PH and underwent serial neurological examinations to determine eligibility for TH. Body temperature was monitored but no targeted temperature was set. Safety outcomes during PH were: minimum and maximum temperatures, minimum and maximum glucose recordings, time to onset of TH, platelet count, maximum and minimum blood glucose concentration. RESULTS 26 infants with median gestational age of 39 weeks, median birth weight of 3.30 kg underwent PH for a median duration of 4 h 19 min. During PH the median minimum and maximum temperatures recorded were 35.9 °C and 36.7 °C, the median minimum glucose was 4.6 mmol/L. Fourteen infants were eligible for TH and target temperature was achieved at median age of 4 h. CONCLUSION PH is not associated with adverse safety outcomes and without delaying achieving TH target-temperature.
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- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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Erbani R, Dégrugilliers L, Lahana A, Glusko-Charlet A, Haraux E, Durand E, Tourneux P. Failing to meet relative humidity targets for incubated neonates causes higher heat loss and metabolic costs in the first week of life. Acta Paediatr 2018; 107:1177-1183. [PMID: 28880399 DOI: 10.1111/apa.14063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM Frequent nursing procedures can modify a newborn infant's thermal environment when their incubator is opened. This study evaluated the impact of relative humidity (RH) on preterm infants in closed incubators and calculated their heat loss and additional metabolic cost. METHODS We studied 45 preterm infants born before 32 + 0 weeks, nursed at the neonatal intensive care unit at Amiens University Hospital, France from January 2009 to November 2011. Their body, skin and air temperatures and the incubator's RH were continuously recorded from day 1 to 8 of life, and the differences between the measured and target RH were calculated. Body heat loss (BHL) was also calculated. RESULTS On day one, the measured RH (68.7 ± 1.0%) was significantly lower than the target RH (75%, p < 0.05), but this difference, together with BHL (p < 0.001) and evaporative heat loss (p < 0.001), fell significantly over time (p < 0.05). The additional metabolic cost correlated with the difference between measured and target RH (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION RH from day 1 to 8 was below the recommended target value for preterm infants and resulted in high evaporative and greater total BHL and additional metabolic cost. The findings pose numerous challenges, including nursing care and incubator design.
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- Romain Erbani
- Réanimation et Surveillance Continue Pédiatriques; CHU Amiens; Amiens France
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- Réanimation et Surveillance Continue Pédiatriques; CHU Amiens; Amiens France
- PeriTox-UMI 01; UFR de Médecine; Université de Picardie Jules Verne; Amiens France
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- Réanimation et Surveillance Continue Pédiatriques; CHU Amiens; Amiens France
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- PeriTox-UMI 01; UFR de Médecine; Université de Picardie Jules Verne; Amiens France
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- PeriTox-UMI 01; UFR de Médecine; Université de Picardie Jules Verne; Amiens France
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- Réanimation et Surveillance Continue Pédiatriques; CHU Amiens; Amiens France
- PeriTox-UMI 01; UFR de Médecine; Université de Picardie Jules Verne; Amiens France
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Bach V, Telliez F, Chardon K, Tourneux P, Cardot V, Libert JP. Thermoregulation in wakefulness and sleep in humans. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2011; 98:215-227. [PMID: 21056189 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-52006-7.00014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- Veronique Bach
- Laboratory DMAG-INERIS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
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Tourula M, Isola A, Hassi J, Bloigu R, Rintamäki H. Infants sleeping outdoors in a northern winter climate: skin temperature and duration of sleep. Acta Paediatr 2010; 99:1411-7. [PMID: 20377534 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01814.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM The aim of the study is to describe the relationships among thermal environment, skin temperatures and infants' daytime outdoor sleep duration in northern winter conditions. METHODS This study is a cross-over observational study. Skin temperatures of three-month-old infants were recorded from seven skin sites continuously throughout outdoor (n = 34) and indoor sleep (n = 33) in the families' homes. The duration of the sleep was observed, and temperature and the air velocity of the environment were recorded. RESULTS Skin temperatures increased towards the end of indoor sleeping, whereas they decreased during outdoor sleeping. The cooling rate of mean skin temperature (T(sk)) increased in lower outdoor temperatures (r(s) = .628, p < 0.001) in spite of increased clothing. On some occasions, cold extremities were observed, suggesting slight deviations from thermoneutrality. Sleep time was 92 min longer in outdoors than in indoors. However, outdoor sleep duration was shortened when the cooling rate of T(sk) increased (r(s) = 0.611, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The longest sleep was recorded outdoors when the cooling rate of T(sk) was minimal. Restriction of movements by clothing probably increases the length of sleep, and a cold environment makes swaddling possible without overheating. A decrease in ambient temperature increased the cooling rate, suggesting that the cold protection of the clothing compensated only partly for the increased heat loss.
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- Marjo Tourula
- Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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Mutch SJ, Wentworth SDP. Imaging the neonate in the incubator: an investigation of the technical, radiological and nursing issues. Br J Radiol 2007; 80:902-10. [PMID: 17875591 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/88577258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Modern neonatal incubators incorporate an X-ray tray device into the mattress support structure to facilitate patient examination with minimal disturbance and distress. However, the usual method of examination is to place the image plate directly underneath the baby. Users often cite radiological reasons for not using X-ray trays but modern quantitative evidence is lacking. This work looks at the technical and clinical aspects of imaging neonates in incubators and the impact that these may have in determining the imaging protocol. A number of hospitals were surveyed to determine their current method of examination and the reasons for their preference. Experimental measurements of the radiological impact of using (or not using) the X-ray tray were performed for a range of neonatal incubators. The average dose to the image plate was 5.9 microGy (range 5.4-6.4 microGy) for the "plate on mattress" method and 3.0 microGy (2.0-3.8 microGy) when using the tray--a 49% reduction owing to the mattress support materials. However, when using a computed radiography (CR) imaging system, the image quality differences were marginal. Survey results indicated that nurses preferred to use the tray but that radiographers were reluctant. We conclude that incubator manufacturers could do much to improve the radiological performance of their equipment and we offer recommendations. We also conclude that, with appropriate nurse and radiographer training and the advent of CR imaging systems, use of X-ray tray facilities may optimize imaging of the neonate in the incubator.
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- S J Mutch
- Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering, The Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7L J.
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Amorim MF, Oliveira GHC, Silva DSR, Kiapuchinski ELM. Water vapour partial pressure control in neonatal incubator using prevision by multiple models. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:2356-9. [PMID: 17270743 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1403683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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One of the phenomena that affect the water loss in newborn infants is the humidity. The evaporation is determined by the vapour partial pressure. As well as temperature control, the reduction of the vapour partial pressure oscillations has an important role in the establishment of thermal comfort for newborn infants in incubators. This work presents an algorithm based on multiple models to water vapour partial pressure control. The tests have been made in an acrylic prototype simulating a commercial incubator. The results shows that the implemented control algorithm presents oscillations minor to +/-0.08 kPa.
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- M F Amorim
- Technol. in Healthcare Graduate Program, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
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Chardon K, Cardot V, Léké A, Delanaud S, Bach V, Dewasmes G, Telliez F. Thermoregulatory control of feeding and sleep in premature infants. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006; 14:1535-42. [PMID: 17030964 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to test the thermoregulatory feeding control hypothesis in sleeping, premature infants. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES In premature infants, the energy supply from food intake is crucial for (in order of importance): organ operation, body homeothermia, and optimal growth. The Himms-Hagen model of thermoregulatory feeding control involving activation of heat production by brown adipose tissue (BAT) was formulated on the basis of work in (awake) rats. This hypothesis has also been put forward for the human neonate, which can also use BAT to produce metabolic heat. According to the model, feeding episodes occur during a transient increase in body temperature. Feeding is initiated by a dip in blood glucose concentration after sugar uptake by activated BAT. RESULTS In 14 neonates (bottle-fed on demand), food intake always took place during an increase in skin temperature (+0.19 +/- 0.21 degrees C). Awakening occurred 18 +/- 17 minutes after the minimum skin temperature level had been reached. When feeding time was imposed, feeding was not necessarily situated during an increase in skin temperature, and the sleep duration after food intake increased significantly (+43%). This could be considered as an adaptive response to the short-term sleep deprivation and/or stress elicited by an imposed feeding rhythm. DISCUSSION The validity of the model supports the use of on-demand feeding in neonatal care units, in accordance with the infant's physiological body temperature oscillations.
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- Karen Chardon
- Dysrégulations Métaboliques Acquises et Génétiques Equipe d'accueil 3901-Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Faculty of Medicine, University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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Telliez F, Chardon K, Leke A, Cardot V, Tourneux P, Bach V. Thermal acclimation of neonates to prolonged cool exposure as regards sleep stages. J Sleep Res 2004; 13:337-43. [PMID: 15560768 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The thermal responses of neonates during a cool acclimation period were studied with regard to sleep stages. Sleep stages, body temperatures and metabolic rate (VO2) were studied for seven neonates nursed in incubators and exposed to a cool temperature (thermoneutrality minus 2 degrees C) for 75 h. Each recording session lasted 3 h in the morning: firstly under thermoneutral baseline conditions, then during the first and last 3-h periods of the cool acclimation and finally during the last 3 h of a 24-h recovery period. Sleep structure was modified during the initial hours of cool exposure: the percentage of active sleep increased (AS: +13%, P = 0.028) at the expense of quiet sleep (QS: -11%, P = 0.043). This alteration in sleep structure persisted at the end of the acclimation period. Metabolic heat production only increased in the later period of cool acclimation. Throughout the cool exposure, VO2 increased more (P = 0.040) in QS (+33%) than in AS (+20%) so that by the end of the cool period, VO2 levels were similar in both sleep stages. During cool acclimation, the maintenance of homeothermy is related not only to a change in sleep organization but also to modifications in the thermoregulatory processes in both sleep stages. Considering the importance of AS/QS patterns in the neurobehavioral development of neonates, the present results could have clinical implications for the thermal management of neonates.
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- Frédéric Telliez
- Laboratoire d'Environnement Toxique Périnatal et Adaptations Physiologiques et Comportementales (EA 2088 INERIS-UPJV), Faculté de Médecine, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, AMIENS, France.
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Hassan IAA, Wickramasinghe YA, Spencer SA. Effect of limb cooling on peripheral and global oxygen consumption in neonates. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003; 88:F139-42. [PMID: 12598504 PMCID: PMC1721525 DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.2.f139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AIM To evaluate peripheral oxygen consumption (VO(2)) measurements using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with arterial occlusion in healthy term neonates by studying the effect of limb cooling on peripheral and global VO(2). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty two healthy term neonates were studied. Peripheral VO(2) was measured by NIRS using arterial occlusion and measurement of the oxyhaemoglobin (HbO(2)) decrement slope. Global VO(2) was measured by open circuit calorimetry. Global and peripheral VO(2) was measured in each neonate before and after limb cooling. RESULTS In 10 neonates, a fall in forearm temperature of 2.2 degrees C (mild cooling) decreased forearm VO(2) by 19.6% (p < 0.01). Global VO(2) did not change. In 12 neonates, a fall in forearm temperature of 4 degrees C (moderate cooling) decreased forearm VO(2) by 34.7% (p < 0.01). Global VO(2) increased by 17.6% (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The NIRS arterial occlusion method is able to measure changes in peripheral VO(2) induced by limb cooling. The changes are more pronounced with moderate limb cooling when a concomitant rise in global VO(2) is observed. Change in peripheral temperature must be taken into consideration in the interpretation of peripheral VO(2) measurements in neonates.
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- I A-A Hassan
- Neonatal Unit, City General Hospital, Stoke on Trent, UK
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Bach V, Telliez F, Libert JP. The interaction between sleep and thermoregulation in adults and neonates. Sleep Med Rev 2002; 6:481-92. [PMID: 12505480 DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The interaction between sleep and thermoregulation leads to different thermoregulatory responses depending on the sleep stage and alterations in sleep when in a cool or warm environment. In the human adult, differences in thermoregulatory efficiency during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and slow wave sleep (SWS) are less pronounced compared to other mammals: although thermoregulatory processes persist in REM sleep, they are less efficient than during SWS. Cold and warm loads disturb the efficiency and structure of sleep. The duration of REM sleep and (to a lesser extent) of SWS decreases. In contrast, pre-sleep warm loads enhance SWS and improve sleep continuity. This procedure may promote and maintain sleep in depressed patients, whose sleep and body temperature rhythms are modified. In contrast to adults, homeothermic processes in neonates are maintained or even enhanced during active sleep (AS) when compared to quiet sleep (QS). Sleeping in a cool environment increases the duration of AS at the expense of QS. As a result, the thermoregulatory function overcomes the need to conserve energy that would otherwise lead to increased QS. An interaction between sleep, respiration, and thermoregulation may be involved in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: an alteration in the thermal balance may perhaps induce respiration instability, especially during AS.
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- Veronique Bach
- Unité de Recherches sur les Adaptations Physiologiques et Comportementales, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 3 rue des Louvels, F- 80 036 Amiens, France.
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Bach V, Telliez F, Makki M, Farges G, Zoccoli G, Krim G, Libert J. Contrôle de l'environnement thermique dans les incubateurs pour nouveau-nés prématurés. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0222-0776(99)80041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Telliez F, Bach V, Dewasmes G, Leke A, Libert JP. Sleep modifications during cool acclimation in human neonates. Neurosci Lett 1998; 245:25-8. [PMID: 9596347 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(98)00169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The present study aimed at testing in human neonates whether the thermal acclimation could reduce the sleep disturbances induced by brief cool exposure. Six neonates were exposed in incubator to a standardised cool thermal load of 75 h duration. The results show an increase of the metabolic heat production (VO2: +25% reaching 5.68 ml/min per kg) during cool acclimation which is not associated with a reduction of the sleep modifications observed on the first cool exposure: the increase of active sleep (+15%, +2 min) and the decrease of quiet sleep (-15%, -11 min) persist and wakefulness after sleep onset increases (+12%, +10 min). In conclusion, there is no sleep adaptation as cool acclimation progressed.
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- F Telliez
- Laboratoire des Techniques d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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Davidson S, Reina N, Shefi O, Hai-Tov U, Akselrod S. Spectral analysis of heart rate fluctuations and optimum thermal management for low birth weight infants. Med Biol Eng Comput 1997; 35:619-25. [PMID: 9538537 DOI: 10.1007/bf02510969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Spectral analysis of heart rate variability is studied in 10 healthy growing premature infants to investigate the changes in autonomic balance achieved as a function of changes in skin temperature. Heart rate is obtained from ECG recordings and the power spectrum of beat-to-beat heart rate fluctuations is computed. The infants maintain mean rectal temperature within 36.3-37.2 degrees C, while skin temperature changes. The respiratory rate does not change at the different servocontrol set points. Heart rate is found to increase slightly, but consistently. The low-frequency band (0.02-0.2 Hz), reflecting the interplay of the sympathetic and parasympathetic tone and known to be maximum at the thermoneutral zone, is maximum at 35.5 and 36 degrees C and decreases gradually to a lower level at a servocontrol temperature of 36.5-37 degrees C. The high-frequency band (0.2-2.0 Hz), coinciding with the respiratory peak and reflecting parasympathetic activity, is significantly elevated at 36 degrees C (p < 0.01). The minimum low: high ratio, indicating the minimum sympathetic-parasympathetic balance and possibly reflecting the most comfortable conditions, occurs at 36 degrees C, although the differences are not statistically significant. Servocontrol skin temperature may thus be adapted, and possibly selected at 36 degrees C for growing premature infants in an attempt to achieve thermal comfort and more balanced autonomic activity.
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- Department of Neonatology, Beilinson Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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Telliez F, Bach V, Delanaud S, Bouferrache B, Krim G, Libert JP. Skin derivative control of thermal environment in a closed incubator. Med Biol Eng Comput 1997; 35:521-7. [PMID: 9374058 DOI: 10.1007/bf02525534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Defining a thermoneutral environment remains difficult because thermoneutrality depends on both physical and physiological factors. A servocontrolled skin temperature derivative (SCS) heating device has been designed to control the thermal environment in closed incubators without the necessity of setting an air or skin reference temperature. The thermal environment obtained with the SCS program is controlled only by the neonate's skin temperature changes. For each neonate, the program allows the attainment of a specific individual thermal equilibrium (Teq). Although the mean value of the thermal equilibrium level measured on 29 neonates does not differ significantly from the neutral air temperature defined from the charts of other researchers, individual values of Teq differed greatly among neonates of similar birthweight and postnatal age. When compared with on/off heating programs, the SCS system permits greater quiet sleep occurrence and seems to provide an optimal thermal environment. The results suggest that the skin temperature derivative heating program takes into account both the ambient and physiological factors affecting body temperature regulation of each neonate.
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- F Telliez
- Physiological & Behavioural Research Unit (EA 2088), Medical Faculty, University of Picardy, Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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