Therapeutic hypothermia for moderate and severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in newborns using low-cost devices - ice packs and phase changing material.

CONCLUSION: Low-cost devices are safe and effective alternatives for maintaining TH in low-resource settings with adequate monitoring. ABBREVIATIONS: DAMA, discharged against medical advice; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; HELIX, Hypothermia for Encephalopathy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Trial; HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; IP, ice packs; LMIC, low- and middle-income countries; NICHD, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; PCM, phase changing; TH, therapeutic hypothermia (TH); TOBY, total body hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy. PMID: 30109814 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Paediatr Int Child Health Source Type: research