Journal article
Surgery and magnetic resonance imaging increase the risk of hypothermia in infants
JM Don Paul, EJ Perkins, PM Pereira-Fantini, A Suka, O Farrell, JK Gunn, AE Rajapaksa, DG Tingay
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13824
Abstract
Aim: Maintaining normothermia is a tenet of neonatal care. However, neonatal thermal care guidelines applicable to intra-hospital transport beyond the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and during surgery or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are lacking. The aim of this study is to determine the proportion of infants normothermic (36.5–37.5°C) on return to NICU after management during surgery and MRI, and during standard clinical care in both environments. Methods: Sixty-two newborns requiring either surgery in the operating theatre (OT) (n = 41) or an MRI scan (n = 21) at the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) NICU were prospectively studied. Core temperature, along with cardiorespirator..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Associate Professor Susan Donath of the Centre of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (Murdoch Children's Research Institute) for her advice on the study design and statistical analysis. This study is supported by the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Program (Melbourne, Australia). DG Tingay is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Career Development Fellowship (Grant ID 1053889).