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Preventing Excessive Postnatal Weight Loss in Healthy Newborns: Will Continuous Temperature Monitoring Help?

Year

2019

Location

🇮🇳 Goa, India

Sample Size

515 newborns

Investigators

Kavita Sreekumar, Pallavi Nachinolkar, M.P. Silveira

Institutions

Dept of Pediatrics, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa · Dept of Community Dentistry, Goa Dental College

Published In

International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies

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Background & Methods

A clinical study at Goa Medical College to determine whether continuous wrist temperature monitoring using BEMPU TempWatch could reduce excessive postnatal weight loss in healthy newborns. 515 newborns were assigned to TempWatch monitoring or standard care; the primary endpoint was excessive weight loss (≥ 10% of birth weight) between days 5 and 7.

Key Results

Outcome / MetricBEMPU GroupControl Groupp-value
Excessive weight loss (≥10% birth weight)24.8%37.5%0.001
Excessive weight loss — vaginal delivery subgroup19%33.3%0.003

Key Outcomes — Visual Comparison

Excessive weight loss (≥10% birth weight)

BEMPU
24.8%
Control
37.5%

p = 0.001

Excessive weight loss — vaginal delivery subgroup

BEMPU
19%
Control
33.3%

p = 0.003

BEMPU groupControl / comparison
  • 1TempWatch significantly reduced excessive weight loss (≥10% birth weight) from 37.5% to 24.8% (p=0.001).
  • 2The benefit was most pronounced in the vaginal delivery subgroup — 19% versus 33.3% (p=0.003).
  • 3Temperature monitoring prompted earlier and more frequent breastfeeding, which likely drove the reduction in weight loss.

Why This Matters

Excessive postnatal weight loss is a common but under-recognized risk for healthy newborns, leading to jaundice, dehydration, and extended hospital stays. This large study (n=515) shows that TempWatch delivers measurable benefit for full-term healthy newborns in maternity wards — not only for LBW infants.

How to Cite

Sreekumar K, Nachinolkar P, Silveira MP. Preventing excessive postnatal weight loss in healthy newborns: will continuous temperature monitoring help? International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies. 2019.
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