Interventions To Prevent Hypothermia At birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants (Review) McCall EM, Alderdice F, Halliday HL, Vohra S, Johnston L. Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm and/or low birth weight infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004210.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004210.pub5.

Background
Newborn admission temperature is a strong predictor of outcomes across all gestations. Hypothermia immediately after birth remains a worldwide issue and, if prolonged, is associated with harm. Keeping preterm infants warm is difficult even when recommended routine thermal care guidelines are followed in the delivery room.

Objectives
To assess the efficacy and safety of interventions designed for prevention of hypothermia in preterm and/or low birth weight infants applied within 10 minutes after birth in the delivery room, compared with routine thermal care or any other single/combination of intervention(s) also designed for prevention of hypothermia in preterm and/or low birth weight infants applied within 10 minutes after birth in the delivery room.

Search methods
We used the standard search strategy of Cochrane Neonatal to search the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL;2016, Issue 5), MEDLINE via PubMed (1966 to 30 June 2016), Embase(1980 to 30 June 2016), and CINAHL (1982 to 30June 2016). We also searched clinical trials databases, conference proceedings, and reference lists of retrieved articles for randomised controlled trials and quasi-randomised trials.

Selection criteria
Trials using randomised or quasi-randomised allocations to test interventions designed to prevent hypothermia (apart from ‘routine’ thermal care) applied within 10 minutes after birth in the delivery room for infants at < 37 weeks’ gestation and/or birth weight<=2500 grams.

Data collection and analysis
We used Cochrane Neonatal methods when performing data collection and analysis.

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