Authors: Niranjan Thomas Koshy C George Santhanam Sridhar Manish Kumar Kurien Anil Kuruvilla Atanu Kumar Jana
Publish Date: 2010/11/30
Volume: 48, Issue: 6, Pages: 445-451
Abstract
Twenty infants were included in the study The mean time taken to achieve target rectal temperature was 52±25 minutes The mean rectal temperature during cooling was 329±011°C The target temperature could be maintained for 72 hours without difficulty in all babies Adverse events observed during cooling were thrombocytopenia 25 sinus bradycardia 25 deranged bleeding parameters 20 aposteatonecrosis 15 hyperglycemia 15 hypoglycemia 10 hypoxemia 5 lifethreatening coagulopathy 5 and death 5 Shivering was noted in many of the babies especially in the initial phase of cooling
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