Physiological responses to cuddling babies with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy during therapeutic hypothermia: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether parents cuddling infants during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) would affect cooling therapy, cardiorespiratory or neurophysiological measures. The secondary aim was to explore parent-infant bonding, maternal postnatal depression and breastfeeding.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

Two tertiary neonatal intensive care units (NICU).

Participants

Parents and their term-born infants (n=27) receiving TH and intensive care for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.

Interventions

Cuddling up to 2 hours during TH using a standard operating procedure developed in the study (CoolCuddle).

Main outcome measures

Mean difference in temperature, cardiorespiratory and neurophysiological variables before, during and

SUBMITTER: Odd D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679081 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature