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Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network
BACKGROUND: Preterm infants have difficulty maintaining body temperature after birth. However, clinical guidelines advocate that neonatal body temperature should be maintained at 36.5°C–37.5°C. PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the incidence of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight (VLBW) in...
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Korean Pediatric Society
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31122009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2019.00206 |
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author | Lee, Na Hyun Nam, Soo Kyung Lee, Juyoung Jun, Yong Hoon |
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description | BACKGROUND: Preterm infants have difficulty maintaining body temperature after birth. However, clinical guidelines advocate that neonatal body temperature should be maintained at 36.5°C–37.5°C. PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the incidence of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and to determine the association of admission temperature with in-hospital mortality and morbidities. METHODS: A cohort study using prospectively collected data involving 70 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) that participate in the Korean Neonatal Network. From registered infants born between January 2013 and December 2015, 5,343 VLBW infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestation were reviewed. RESULTS: The mean admission temperature was 36.1°C±0.6°C, with a range of 31.9°C to 38.4°C. Approximately 74.1% of infants had an admission hypothermia of <36.5°C. Lower birth weight, intubation in the delivery room and Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes were significantly related to admission hypothermia. The mortality was the lowest at 36.5°C–37.5°C and adjusted odd ratios for all deaths increased to 1.38 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04–1.83), 1.44 (95% CI, 1.05–1.97) and 1.86 (95% CI, 1.22–2.82) for infants with admission temperatures of 36.0°C–36.4°C, 35.0°C–35.9°C, and <35.0°C, respectively. Admission hypothermia was also associated with high likelihoods of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension, proven sepsis, pulmonary hemorrhage, air-leak, seizure, grade 3 or higher intraventricular hemorrhage and advanced retinopathy of prematurity requiring laser therapy. CONCLUSION: A large portion of preterm infants in Korea had hypothermia at NICU admission, which was associated with high mortality and several important morbidities. More aggressive interventions aimed at reducing hypothermia are required in this high-risk population. |
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spelling | pubmed-68012002019-10-29 Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network Lee, Na Hyun Nam, Soo Kyung Lee, Juyoung Jun, Yong Hoon Korean J Pediatr Original Article BACKGROUND: Preterm infants have difficulty maintaining body temperature after birth. However, clinical guidelines advocate that neonatal body temperature should be maintained at 36.5°C–37.5°C. PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the incidence of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants and to determine the association of admission temperature with in-hospital mortality and morbidities. METHODS: A cohort study using prospectively collected data involving 70 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) that participate in the Korean Neonatal Network. From registered infants born between January 2013 and December 2015, 5,343 VLBW infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestation were reviewed. RESULTS: The mean admission temperature was 36.1°C±0.6°C, with a range of 31.9°C to 38.4°C. Approximately 74.1% of infants had an admission hypothermia of <36.5°C. Lower birth weight, intubation in the delivery room and Apgar score <7 at 5 minutes were significantly related to admission hypothermia. The mortality was the lowest at 36.5°C–37.5°C and adjusted odd ratios for all deaths increased to 1.38 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04–1.83), 1.44 (95% CI, 1.05–1.97) and 1.86 (95% CI, 1.22–2.82) for infants with admission temperatures of 36.0°C–36.4°C, 35.0°C–35.9°C, and <35.0°C, respectively. Admission hypothermia was also associated with high likelihoods of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension, proven sepsis, pulmonary hemorrhage, air-leak, seizure, grade 3 or higher intraventricular hemorrhage and advanced retinopathy of prematurity requiring laser therapy. CONCLUSION: A large portion of preterm infants in Korea had hypothermia at NICU admission, which was associated with high mortality and several important morbidities. More aggressive interventions aimed at reducing hypothermia are required in this high-risk population. Korean Pediatric Society 2019-10 2019-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6801200/ /pubmed/31122009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2019.00206 Text en Copyright © 2019 by The Korean Pediatric Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Lee, Na Hyun Nam, Soo Kyung Lee, Juyoung Jun, Yong Hoon Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title | Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title_full | Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title_fullStr | Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title_short | Clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from Korean Neonatal Network |
title_sort | clinical impact of admission hypothermia in very low birth weight infants: results from korean neonatal network |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801200/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31122009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2019.00206 |
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