Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Autor/a
Carreras, Nuria
Alarcon, Ana
Arca-Díaz, Gemma
Agut, Thais
García-Alix, Alfredo
Fecha de publicación
2018Otros títulos
Eficácia da hipotermia passiva e eventos adversos durante o transporte de recém-nascidos asfixiados de acordo com a gravidade da encefalopatia hipóxico-isquêmica
ISSN
0021-7557
Resumen
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 <33 °C in 11 (16%). Infants with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy had greater risk of having an admission temperature < 33 °C (OR: 4.5; 95% CI: 1.1–19.3). The severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and the umbilical artery pH were independent risk factors for a low temperature on admission (p < 0.05). Adverse events during transfer, mainly hypotension and bleeding from the endotracheal tube, occurred in 14 infants (21%), with no differences between infants with moderate or severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Conclusion: The risk of overcooling during transport is greater in newborns with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and those with more severe acidosis at birth. The most common adverse events during transport are related to physiological deterioration and bleeding from the endotracheal tube. This observation provides useful information to identify those asphyxiated infants who require closer clinical surveillance during transport.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
61 - Medicina
Palabras clave
Asfixia no nascimento
Encefalopatia hipóxico-isquêmica
Transporte neonatal
Hipotermia terapêutica
Resfriamento passivo
Termogênese
Birth asphyxia
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Neonatal transport
Therapeutic hypothermia
Passive cooling
Thermogenesis
Páginas
6
Publicado por
Elsevier
Colección
94; 3
Publicado en
Jornal de Pediatria
Citación
Carreras, Nuria; Alsina, Miguel; Alarcon, Ana [et al.]. Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Jornal de Pediatria, 2018, 94(3), p. 251-257. Disponible en: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717300372?via%3Dihub>. fecha de acceso: 7 feb. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2017.05.009
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