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ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2025

Cooling and physiology during parent cuddling infants with neonatal encephalopathy in usual care: CoolCuddle-2 study.

Ela Chakkarapani, Jenny Ingram, Stephanie Stocks, Lucy Beasant, David Odd, CoolCuddle‐2 study research team

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Article in Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ela ChakkarapaniCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3380-047X
Jenny IngramCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Stephanie StocksSt Michael's Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
Lucy BeasantCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
David OddSchool of Medicine, Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
CoolCuddle‐2 study research team

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Research for Patient Benefit Programme NIHR203034
6 · The paper itself

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aimCoolCuddle, enabling parents to cuddle their babies with neonatal encephalopathy (NE) during therapeutic hypothermia and intensive care (TH), was developed in research settings. To determine the impact of implementing CoolCuddle in usual care in six diverse neonatal intensive care units on the cooling process and intensive care.

methodsThis vital sign cohort study embedded within the CoolCuddle implementation study enrolled 36 infants receiving TH for NE. Nurses received training on CoolCuddle and a standard operating procedure using an instruction video. After consenting, parents experienced up to 2 h of CoolCuddle with 30 min of pre- and post-cuddle observation. We used multilevel, clustered linear modelling to assess the physiological stability in temperature, cardio-respiratory and neurophysiology across the CoolCuddle.

resultsIn 60 CoolCuddles over 93.12 h, respiratory parameters, heart rate or neurological function did not vary between the epochs (p > 0.05). During cuddle, sleep-wake cycling on amplitude-integrated EEG increased (p = 0.008) and there was weak evidence of lower pain scores (p = 0.08). No adverse effects were observed.

conclusionImplementing CoolCuddle with support in usual practice maintained physiological stability and did not significantly affect the cooling process or intensive care, and may improve infant comfort. Ongoing monitoring of adverse effects when implementing CoolCuddle is recommended.

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Brain DiseasesHypothermia, InducedParentsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMalecuddleintensive careneonatal encephalopathytherapeutic hypothermia

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PMCPMC11828723

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