RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sclerema neonatorum after therapeutic whole-body hypothermia
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F307
OP F307
DO 10.1136/adc.2006.103978
VO 92
IS 4
A1 Navarini-Meury, Susanne
A1 Schneider, Jacques
A1 Bührer, Christoph
YR 2007
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/92/4/F307.abstract
AB Hypothermia is being studied as a neuroprotective therapy after asphyxia. This report is about a term newborn with severe asphyxia who underwent systemic hypothermia (34.5°C) for 72 h. He survived without apparent brain damage but developed sclerema on his back, in the area in contact with the cooling mattress. The sclerema resolved without scarring after three months.