The thesis is focused on premature newborn thermomanagement. It is focused particularly on very premature and extremely premature newborns which suffer the highest level of thermolability. The theoretical part deals with the particularities of premature newborn thermoregulation, newborns' reactions to thermal stress, thermomanagement in the delivery room and providing a thermoneutral environment in the incubator. The thesis describes a method of servo-control mode of body temperature, which has not been utilised for premature newborns in Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis is to start using this method and compare it with the method of manual control. Based on the total time not meeting the standard, number of failures and other parameters to assess which method is more suitable for body temperature regulation. The research sample consists of 47 newborsn who were born between the 24th and 32nd gestational week. Quantitative data collection at one-minute intervals was conducted in the 72 hours after birth. The method choice was random. Statistically important differences between the two methods were measured regarding the total time not meeting the standards. The incidence of hyperthemia was higher during manual method, hypothermia when servo-control. Total failure amount was 19%. However, the...

Bakgrund: Ett kirurgiskt ingrepp innebär 50–90% risk för att patienten ska drabbas av oavsiktlig hypotermi. Förutom obehaget av postoperativ shivering kan det bidra till flera postoperativa komplikationer. Trots god kunskap om hur hypotermi kan förebyggas tycks det finnas situationer där denna kunskap inte tillämpas fullt ut, därav belyser denna studie det perioperativa samarbetet.  Syfte: Syftet var att belysa operationssjuksköterskors och anestesisjuksköterskors samarbete för att förebygga hypotermi perioperativt vid generell anestesi.  Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie genomfördes på tre sjukhus i en storstadsregion i södra Sverige. Nio specialistsjuksköterskor deltog.  Resultat: Studien identifierade tre kategorier av betydelse för samarbetet med att förebygga hypotermi: rollfördelningens inverkan på samarbetet, den psykosociala arbetsmiljöns inverkan på samarbetet samt om samarbetet baseras på rutiner istället för kommunikation. Genomgående identifierades professionernas fokus på patientens välmående.  Slutsats: Det finns en stor kunskap och medvetenhet om risk för hypotermi i samband med operation men studien visar oklarheter gällande ansvar och samarbete i ämnet hos specialistsjuksköterskor inom operation och anestesi. Bidragande faktorer kan vara brister i samarbetet och kommunikationssvårigheter mellan operationssjuksköterskor och anestesisjuksköterskor, Strukturerade kommunikationsmodeller kan öka samarbetet för att förebygga hypotermi hos patienter som genomgår kirurgi. / Introduction A surgical procedure entails 50-90% risk for the patient to be affected of unintentional hypothermia. Except the discomfort of postoperative shiverings it can contribute to postoperative complications. Despite good knowledge of how hypothermia can be prevented, there seem to be situations where this knowledge is not fully applied, hence this study sheds light on perioperative collaboration.   Aim The aim was to illustrate operating theatre nurses and anaesthesia nurses' cooperation in prevention of unintentional hypothermia perioperative in general anaesthesia.  Method A qualitative study with interviews were conducted at three hospitals in a metropolitan area in the south of Sweden. Nine specialist nurses participated.  Results The study identified three areas of importance for cooperation in preventing hypothermia: the role distribution's impact on collaboration, the psychosocial work environment's impact on teamwork and cooperation is based on routines instead of communication. The professionals' focus on the patient's well-being was consistently identified. Conclusion: There is a great deal of knowledge and awareness about the risk of hypothermia in connection with surgery, but the study shows ambiguities regarding responsibility and cooperation in the subject among specialist nurses in surgery and anesthesia. Contributing factors may be shortcomings in the collaboration and communication difficulties between surgical nurses and anesthesia nurses. Structured communication models may increase the collaboration to prevent hypothermia in patients undergoing surgery.