Podcast 725: Hypothermia in Preterm Deliveries

<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Preterm deliveries in the ED can be complex and preventing hypothermia is essential to the health of the baby</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recent meta-analysis examined methods for warming preterm deliveries to prevent hypothermia</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The most effective way to warm the baby is by wrapping them in plastic</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Abiramalatha T, Ramaswamy VV, Bandyopadhyay T, et al. Delivery Room Interventions for Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2021;175(9):e210775. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0775</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALMiRLAEcQYYPHyLILwbivQwgtGl3JzaB6oGAQK1B2nrGSGvrS-g7zJApXzVlWIO-lmLfB"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Donate to EMM today!</span></a></p> <p><a href= "https://emergencymedicalminute.org/edi-award/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Diversity and Inclusion Award</span></a></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>