TITLE:
Maintaining Neonatal Normothermia during WHO Rec-ommended Skin-to-Skin Contact in the Setting of Cesarean Section under Regional Anesthesia
AUTHORS:
Silvia Stirparo, Alessio Farcomeni, Alessandro Laudani, Giorgio Capogna
KEYWORDS:
Cesarean Section; Newborn; Temperature
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.3 No.3,
May
24,
2013
ABSTRACT:
This study
compared mothers’ and newborns’ temperatures (T) when the WHO recommended
skin-to-skin contact (SSC) was practiced during cesarean section under regional
anesthesia. 139 neonates were randomized to be left in their
mothers’ arms warmed by a forced air warmer (SSC-FAW) or put in an incubator.
Maternal and newborn rectal T was recorded immediately after birth, at 5, 10
and 15 minute intervals. Maternal and neonatal T was comparable between the groups. FAW is as effective as an incubator in
preventing neonatal hypothermia while the mother is undergoing surgery in the
operating room, while favouring SSC.