Neonatal Hypothermia in Low-Resource Settings

Hypothermia among newborns is considered an important contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. However, in these settings only limited progress has been made towards understanding the risk of mortality after hypothermia, describing how this relationship is dependent...

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Published in:Seminars in perinatology Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 426 - 433
Main Author: Mullany, Luke C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2010
Subjects:
Body Temperature Regulation - physiology
Developing Countries
Humans
hypothermia
Hypothermia - epidemiology
Hypothermia - physiopathology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - epidemiology
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - physiopathology
morbidity
mortality
neonatal
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
neonatal
mortality
morbidity
hypothermia
developing countries
ISSN:0146-0005, 1558-075X, 1558-075X
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Summary:Hypothermia among newborns is considered an important contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings. However, in these settings only limited progress has been made towards understanding the risk of mortality after hypothermia, describing how this relationship is dependent on both the degree or severity of exposure and the gestational age and weight status of the baby, and implementing interventions to mitigate both exposure and the associated risk of poor outcomes. Given the centrality of averting neonatal mortality to achieving global milestones towards reductions in child mortality by 2015, recent years have seen substantial resources and efforts implemented to improve understanding of global epidemiology of neonatal health. In this article, a summary of the burden, consequences, and risk factors of neonatal hypothermia in low-resources settings is presented, with a particular focus on community-based data. Context-appropriate interventions for reducing hypothermia exposure and the role of these interventions in reducing global neonatal mortality burden are explored.
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ISSN:0146-0005
1558-075X
1558-075X
DOI:10.1053/j.semperi.2010.09.007