Ineffective thermoregulation

State in which an individual’s body temperature fluctuates between hypothermia and hyperthermia.

Related factors:

– Trauma or disease.
– Prematurity.
– Old age.
– Ambient temperature fluctuating.

Features:

– Fluctuations in body temperature below or above the normal range.

 

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