Abstract
This study aimed to compare combined hypothermia (CH) to the 2 classical therapeutic hypothermia (TH) methods selective head cooling (SHC) and whole-body cooling (WBC). This retrospective cohort study included neonates who underwent CH, SHC, and WBC between 2012 and 2020. Mean rectal temperature was maintained at 33.5 ± 0.5°C by cooling the head and the body in the CH group, at 34.5 ± 0.5°C by cooling the head in the SHC group, and at 33.5 ± 0.5°C by cooling the body in the WBC group. The groups were compared in terms of side effects, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scores, and status at discharge. The study included 60 neonates in the CH group, 112 in the WBC group, and 27 in the SHC group. There was no significant difference in side effects between the groups (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in brain MRI scores between the groups (p > 0.05); however, gray matter, white matter, and total MRI scores in the CH group were lower than in the WBC group. Duration of hospitalization was shorter in the CH group than in the other two groups (p = 0.022). CH was not associated with more side effects than the two classical TH methods. In addition, some of these findings suggest that CH might result in better clinical outcome than the two classical TH methods.
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