1072 Review of Current Opinion and Availability of Cerebral Function Monitoring and Therapeutic Hypothermia in UK Neonatal Units

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العنوان: 1072 Review of Current Opinion and Availability of Cerebral Function Monitoring and Therapeutic Hypothermia in UK Neonatal Units
المؤلفون: S Hurst, CS Zipitis, A Sylvan, K Glover, T Harte
المصدر: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 97:A307-A307
بيانات النشر: BMJ, 2012.
سنة النشر: 2012
مصطلحات موضوعية: Staff perceptions, medicine.medical_specialty, Standard of care, business.industry, Hypothermia, Term neonates, Telephone survey, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Perinatal medicine, medicine, Cerebral function, Effective treatment, medicine.symptom, Intensive care medicine, business
الوصف: Background and Aims Therapeutic hypothermia has been established as an effective treatment modality for term neonates that have suffered an acute perinatal hypoxic ischaemic event. This is a time-critical procedure which increases pressure to commence active cooling as soon as possible after the injury. This study aims to define the current levels of ownership of CFM and cooling equipment and capture some staff perceptions around cooling matters in neonatal units in the UK. Methods Telephone survey conducted over March-November 2011 with the 205 active neonatal units listed on the British Association of Perinatal Medicine website. Results 100% response-rate (205/205). 141 (68.8%) responders were Lead Nurse/Sisters, 59 (28.8%) were Nurses and 5 (2.4%) were Doctors. Overall, CFM was available at 106/205 (51.7%) units and 89/205 (43.4%) had cooling equipment. Equipment ownership was high in NICUs and progressively decreased in LNUs and SCBUs. The majority of responders were positive to the idea of therapeutic hypothermia as a standard of care whilst some asked for further research; only a small minority were negative. 91.6% were keen to consider a scheme where therapeutic hypothermia was initiated at the referring centre and continued in a dedicated cooling centre. Conclusions Therapeutic hypothermia is widely recognised as effective. Availability of cooling equipment and CFM has increased in all levels of units in the UK. The time-constraints in initiating therapeutic hypothermia might mean that a scheme of initiating therapeutic hypothermia locally, continuing this during transport and completing it in a designated cooling centre is the way forward.
تدمد: 1468-2044
0003-9888
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::46587b0662ffbe947b4d2aa92ce53e9c
https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.1072
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi...........46587b0662ffbe947b4d2aa92ce53e9c
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