What factors that affect how a premature baby loses heat

RESULTS 1:-

This is my first experiment I did and it was for five minutes per material.

Material

Start

Finish

Bubble wrap

84oC

85oC

Tin foil

75oC

73oC

Black paper

70oC

69oC

Newspaper

64oC

60oC

Foam

80oC

78oC

RESULTS 2-:

This is my second experiment I did and it was ten minutes long per material.

Material

Start

Finish

Bubble wrap

89oC

80oC

Tin foil

82oC

73oC

Black paper

75oC

71oC

Newspaper

85oC

78oC

Foam

83oC

74oC

CHANGES-: In my first experiment I did not change the water I was using the same water for every material and in my second experiment I changed the water every time when I used new material.

PREMATURE BABIES

BACKGROUND

When a baby is naked in an incubator it transfers heat energy by radiation and convection to the air inside and the hood of the incubator. The hood in turn also transfers heat energy to the air ceiling, walls, windows and objects within the room by convection and radiation. Very little energy transfer occurs by conduction.

In a premature baby, it's just not had the full length of time in the mother's womb to grow to its proper size. It basically gets born "too early".

If the mother is a smoker, the main effects on the foetus are that it gets less oxygen from the mother's blood. This means it can't grow as quickly as normal and the birth weight is generally lower than in someone who did not smoke. Also, the baby is more likely to suffer from high blood pressure when they become an adult.