Maintaining Normothermia in Preterm Babies during Stabilisation with an Intact Umbilical Cord

• Main Authors: Alexander James Cleator (Author), Emma Coombe (Author), Vasiliki Alexopoulou (Author), Laura Levingston (Author), Kathryn Evans (Author), Jonathan Christopher Hurst (Author), Charles William Yoxall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We had experienced an increase in admission hypothermia rates during implementation of deferred cord clamping (DCC) in our unit. Our objective was to reduce the number of babies with a gestation below 32 weeks who are hypothermic on admission, whilst practising DCC and providing delivery...