Passive cooling to initiate hypothermia for transported encephalopathic newborns.
Two newborns at high risk for severe encephalopathy were passively cooled by discontinuing the supplied heat from a radiant warmer. Cooling was attempted in both babies (successfully in one) before the arrival of the neonatal transport team. Both infants had core temperatures of approximately 34 degrees C on arrival at the NICU. Passive cooling may be an effective method to initiate cooling very early in the course of encephalopathy.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. manderso@mc.utmck.edu
Longhofer
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Phillips
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D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D016896:Treatment Outcome