TY - JOUR T1 - Thermal care for very preterm infants in the delivery room in the era of delayed cord clamping JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - 204 LP - 204 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323477 VL - 108 IS - 2 AU - Emma A Dunne AU - Noemi Pellegrino AU - Madeleine C Murphy AU - Katherine McDonald AU - Louise Dowling AU - Colm Patrick Finbarr O'Donnell AU - Lisa K McCarthy Y1 - 2023/03/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/108/2/204.1.abstract N2 - Abnormal temperature in preterm infants increases their risk of complications of prematurity and is an independent risk factor for death.1 The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) advises using a combination of interventions (radiant heat (RH), polyethylene bags (PBs), hats, thermal mattresses, heated humidified gases and room temperature of 23°C–25°C) to reduce heat loss after birth. The ILCOR algorithm specifies that warming should begin at birth and be completed by 60 seconds.2 Previously, when immediate cord clamping (CC) was recommended, we found that all infants were under RH and half were in a PB within 1 min of birth.3 In 2015, ILCOR recommended waiting 60 s before CC in uncompromised preterm infants and did not mandate thermal care before CC. … ER -