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Environmental hyperthermia of newborn

Hipertermia ambiental do recém-nascido

Category

Definition

A paediatric condition characterised by a core body temperature above 37.5 degrees C (99.5 degrees F) in a newborn due to exposure of the newborn to prolonged or extremely high environmental temperature.

Index Terms

Environmental hyperthermia of newbornenvironmentally induced pyrexiaenvironmentally-induced hyperthermia in newbornenvironmentally-induced pyrexia in newbornenvironmental fever in newborn