Treatment of asphyxiated newborns with moderate hypothermia in routine clinical practice: how cooling is managed in the UK outside a clinical trial.

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BACKGROUND: This is a phase 4 study of infants registered with the UK TOBY Cooling Register from December 2006 to February 2008. The registry was established on completion of enrolLment to the TOBY randomised trial of treatment with whole body hypothermia following perinatal asphyxia at the end of November 2006. METHODS: We collected information about patient characteristics, condition at birth, resuscitation details, severity of encephalopathy, hourly temperature record, clinical complicatio...

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Authors: Azzopardi, D; Strohm, B; Edwards, A; Halliday, H; Juszczak, E

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Journal: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 4
• Pages: F260-F264
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.146977
• EISSN: 1468-2052
• ISSN: 1359-2998
• Language: English
• Keywords: Infant, Newborn; Age Factors; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Severity of Illness Index; Asphyxia Neonatorum; Rectum; Birth Weight; Registries; Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic; Humans; Hypothermia, Induced; Steering Group and TOBY Cooling Register participants; Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Great Britain; Professional Practice; Body Temperature