title: Passive cooling to initiate hypothermia for transported encephalopathic newborns.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. manderso@mc.utmck.edu
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Longhofer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: McRay
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D016896:Treatment Outcome