Dräger 8000 IC Operating Instructions Manual page 40

Operation
Physiological risks associated with the use of oxygen
WARNING !
Oxygen Concentration
The atmosphere inside the incubator should
only be enriched with oxygen by or on the
order of a physician or respiratory therapist.
It is absolutely essential that elevated oxygen
concentrations are selected on the basis of
arterially measured oxygen partial pressure in
the blood of the baby. This is the only way to
minimize the risk of both hyperoxemia, which
might cause, above all, retrolenta fibroplasia,
and hypoxemia which might contribute to
intraventricular hemorrhage and damage to
the baby's brain.
Breathing gas temperature
During ventilation, always consider the possibility of addi-
tional heat transfer by circulating, heated air to ventilator
circuits routed inside the hood. It is therefore necessary
to continuously monitor breathing gas temperature.
Considerations during phototherapy
Absorption of light through a baby's skin will supply heat
which may increase the baby's core temperature.
Therefore:
Decrease air temperature setting about 2 °C
15 minutes prior to phototherapy.
Decrease the set value for humidity.
Room temperature should be at least 3 °C below the
air temperature of the incubator.
NOTE: Some phototherapy lights, particularly those
without a built-in fan, may cause even greater heating of
the incubator and, therefore, require even lower ambient
room temperatures.
WARNING !
The core temperature of the baby must be
monitored particularly carefully during
phototherapy.
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General Precautions During
Patient Care