ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2010
Use of self-heating gel mattresses eliminates admission hypothermia in infants born below 28 weeks gestation.
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- 2020 Korean Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Part 8. Neonatal resuscitation.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2021Guideline
- Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Polyethylene bags before cord clamping in very preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2024Trial
- Comparison of rectal and axillary temperature measurements in preterm newborns.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2021Trial
- Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors.BMC pediatrics · 2024Observational
- Thermoregulation for very preterm infants in the delivery room: a narrative review.Pediatric research · 2024Review
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- Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes and Admission Temperature: Does Hyperthermia Matter?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Conductive thermal mattress versus routine care to reduce neonatal hypothermia during transport among low-birthweight neonates: An experimental study with historical controls.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2022Article
- The impact of a quality improvement effort in reducing admission hypothermia in preterm infants following delivery.Korean journal of pediatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionHypothermia at birth is strongly associated with mortality and morbidity in pre-term infants.
backgroundA local audit showed limited effectiveness of occlusive wrapping in preventing admission hypothermia in very pre-term infants. Self-heating acetate gel mattresses were introduced as a result to prevent hypothermia at birth in infants born at or below 28 weeks gestation.
methodsA retrospective audit was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of self-heating acetate gel mattresses at resuscitation of infants born at or below 28 weeks to prevent hypothermia at birth. All infants born at or below 28 weeks gestation during 18 months before and 18 months after self-heating acetate gel mattresses were introduced during resuscitation were included.
resultsOne hundred five babies were born when acetate gel mattresses were not used, and 124 were born during the period when they were. Four (3.3%) babies were hypothermic (temperature <36 degrees C) at admission when the mattresses were used compared to 21 (22.6%) babies who were hypothermic during the period it was not (p < 0.001). Hyperthermia (temperature >37 degrees C) rose from 30.1% prior to use of gel mattresses to 49.6% when they were used (p = 0.004).
conclusionsSelf-heating acetate gel mattresses are highly effective in reducing admission hypothermia in infants born at or below 28 weeks gestation. The use of these mattresses is associated with a significant increase in hyperthermia.
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