title: "Caution! Contents should be cold": developing a whole-body hypothermia program.
abstract: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is characterized as brain injury that results from lack of oxygen or blood flow to the brain in the perinatal period. Neonatal whole-body hypothermia and selective head cooling are becoming increasingly common care practices across the U.S. and Canada for infants with moderate-to-severe HIE because of the demonstrated ability of these approaches to reduce reperfusion injury to the brain. Health care professionals must develop a clinical care path for these fragile infants. For best results, induced hypothermia should be initiated within six hours of birth; therefore, care must be organized and provided without delay. This article provides bedside clinicians with care recommendations for infants being treated with these new interventions.
authors: NICU. gina.reynolds@baylorhealth.edu
authors: Regina
authors: R
authors: Reynolds
authors: Samara
authors: S
authors: Talmage
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000502:physiology; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004867:Equipment Design; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000451:nursing*; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000193:education; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D017694:Rewarming / Q000451:nursing; D014481:United States