TY - JOUR T1 - Servo-controlled thermoregulation in extreme preterm and Extremely low birth weight infants during neonatal transport JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - 113 LP - 114 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318329 VL - 105 IS - 1 AU - Neha Sharma AU - Igor Fierens AU - Syed Mohinuddin AU - Nandiran Ratnavel AU - Stephen Terence Kempley AU - Pankaj Sakhuja Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/105/1/113.abstract N2 - Extremely preterm and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are prone to severe hypothermia and standard practices may not be adequate for thermoregulation during interhospital transfer.1 Transwarmer mattresses carry a risk of serious burns,2 and a safety warning has also been recently issued by British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) about their use. The servo-controlled device with mattress (SCDM) is conventionally used for cooling in term infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.3 There is no literature on its use for thermoregulation in ELBW infants. The theoretical risks associated with use of the SCDM and rectal probes include rectal perforation, rectal bleeding, skin damage from probe dressings and burns from the mattress.4 The aim of our quality improvement (QI) project was to look at the feasibility and effectiveness of the SCDM for thermoregulation during transport of infants born at ≤28 weeks … ER -