Maintaining Normothermia in Preterm Babies during Stabilisation with an Intact Umbilical Cord

Maintaining Normothermia in Preterm Babies during Stabilisation with an Intact Umbilical Cord

We had experienced an increase in admission hypothermia rates during implementation of deferred cord clamping (DCC) in our unit. Our objective was to reduce the number of babies with a gestation below 32 weeks who are hypothermic on admission, whilst practising DCC and providing delivery room cuddle...

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Veröffentlicht in:Children (Basel) 2022-01, Vol.9 (1), p.75
Hauptverfasser: Cleator, Alexander James, Coombe, Emma, Alexopoulou, Vasiliki, Levingston, Laura, Evans, Kathryn, Hurst, Jonathan Christopher, Yoxall, Charles William
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Babies
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Pediatrics
Performance evaluation
Premature babies
preterm
resuscitation
Umbilical cord
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Zusammenfassung:We had experienced an increase in admission hypothermia rates during implementation of deferred cord clamping (DCC) in our unit. Our objective was to reduce the number of babies with a gestation below 32 weeks who are hypothermic on admission, whilst practising DCC and providing delivery room cuddles (DRC). A 12 month quality improvement project set, in a large Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, from January 2020 to December 2020. Monthly rates of admission hypothermia (
ISSN:2227-9067
2227-9067
DOI:10.3390/children9010075