Defined hypothermia as <35°C axillary which may ... evaporative heat loss and transepidermal water loss in the LBW premature infant. Infants greater than 29 completed weeks of gestation due ...

Whole-body hypothermia within hours of birth failed to improve outcomes in preterm infants less than 36 weeks' gestational age with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, a randomized clinical trial found.

Unlike in adults, sweat secretion has little or no role in the thermoregulation of a newborn or preterm baby. 18 As all data on hypothermia are from observational studies and prospective ...

Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)—a type of brain damage caused by oxygen loss—offers no ...

Background: Not all LBW infants require admission to the SCBU. Hypothermia (< 36.5C) in premature infants may necessitate admission to SCBU. This interferes with mother-infant bonding and ...

A research group led by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan has uncovered a potential mechanism linking maternal inflammation to delayed neurodevelopment in infants.

A premature baby being treated at the Patient's Friends ... a video that three babies suffering from cold injuries, including hypothermia, had died over the same period. He said the babies were ...

Despite the use of current heat preservation strategies, LBW premature infants remain vulnerable to hypothermia and associated morbidities and mortality. The use of an occlusive skin wrap has been ...