Esophageal Versus Rectal Temperature Monitoring During Whole-Body Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy : Association with Short- and Long-Term Outcomes

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the short- and long-term outcomes of infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) treated with whole-body therapeutic hypothermia (TH), monitored by esophageal vs rectal temperature.

STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a secondary analysis of the multicenter High-Dose Erythropoietin for Asphyxia and Encephalopathy (HEAL) trial. All infants had moderate or severe HIE and were treated with whole-body TH. The primary outcome was death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) at 22-36 months of age. Secondary outcomes included seizures, evidence of brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging, and complications of hypothermia. Logistic regression was used with adjustment for disease severity and site as clustering variable because cooling modality differed by site.

RESULTS: Of the 500 infants who underwent TH, 294 (59%) and 206 (41%) had esophageal and rectal temperature monitoring, respectively. There were no differences in death or NDI, seizures, or evidence of injury on magnetic resonance imaging between the 2 groups. Infants treated with TH and rectal temperature monitoring had lower odds of overcooling (OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34-0.80) and lower odds of hypotension (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.39-0.84) compared with those with esophageal temperature monitoring.

CONCLUSIONS: Although infants undergoing TH with esophageal monitoring were more likely to experience overcooling and hypotension, the rate of death or NDI was similar whether esophageal monitoring or rectal temperature monitoring was used. Further studies are needed to investigate whether esophageal temperature monitoring during TH is associated with an increased risk of overcooling and hypotension.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:268

Enthalten in:

The Journal of pediatrics - 268(2024) vom: 02. Apr., Seite 113933

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Tai-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Schmicker, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Thomas R [VerfasserIn]
Mietzsch, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
Comstock, Bryan [VerfasserIn]
Heagerty, Patrick J [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Juul, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yvonne W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asphyxia
Brain injury
Comparative Study
Core temperature
Esophageal
Hypothermia
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Neonatal encephalopathy
Newborn
Randomized Controlled Trial
Rectal
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 25.04.2024

Date Revised 27.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.113933

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NLM367990024