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Assessing temperature in older people

Assessing temperature in older people thermoregulation Thermoregulation balances heat gain, such as muscle exercise, with heat loss, such as convection of heat from skin, to maintain ‘normal’ body temperature. In addition to behavioural responses to warm up or cool down, the hypothalamus initiates physiological responses: sweating and vasodilatation to increase heat loss, or vasoconstriction to conserve heat and shivering to produce more heat. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing Older People Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Assessing temperature in older people

Nursing Older People , Volume 15 (1) – Mar 1, 2003

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Publisher
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Copyright
©2012 RCN Publishing Company Ltd. All rights reserved. Not to be copied, transmitted or recorded in any way, in whole or part, without prior permission of the publishers.
Subject
General
ISSN
1472-0795
eISSN
2047-8941
DOI
10.7748/nop2003.03.15.1.29.c2239
pmid
12674000
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Abstract

thermoregulation Thermoregulation balances heat gain, such as muscle exercise, with heat loss, such as convection of heat from skin, to maintain ‘normal’ body temperature. In addition to behavioural responses to warm up or cool down, the hypothalamus initiates physiological responses: sweating and vasodilatation to increase heat loss, or vasoconstriction to conserve heat and shivering to produce more heat.

Journal

Nursing Older PeopleRoyal College of Nursing (RCN)

Published: Mar 1, 2003

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