Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy
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العنوان:
Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy
Objective: To determine if the efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport are related to the severity of neonatal hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy. Methods: This was a retrospective study of 67 infants with hypoxic‐ischemic encephalopathy, born between April 2009 and December 2013, who were transferred for therapeutic hypothermia and cooled during transport. Results: Fifty‐six newborns (84%) were transferred without external sources of heat and 11 (16%) needed an external heat source. The mean temperature at departure was 34.4 ± 1.4 °C and mean transfer time was 3.3 ± 2.0 h. Mean age at arrival was 5.6 ± 2.5 h. Temperature at arrival was between 33 and 35 °C in 41 (61%) infants, between 35 °C and 36.5 °C in 15 (22%) and