Chilled babies in the news

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Oct 13, 2005

I just thought I'd post this in case you hadn't heard.
Chilling newborns may prevent brain damage

No, had not heard. Very interesting so thanks for sharing. :)

futureTMA · Oct 13, 2005

Seemed strange to me at first, but it makes sense that it would slow down the damaging effects. I'm curious though how they figured out 6 degrees, but I'm sure it's biological and lab developed.

Glad to inform

Finallyat40 · Oct 13, 2005

and we currently have one on the blanket....It's very interesting. This will be the first one of these I've witnessed, so I'm curious to see the overall outcome. So many of the babies with HIE have such bad outcomes, hopefully this will help. The hospital that I'm working at was also involved in this clinical trial that ended about 18 months ago, therefore, we were one of the first to be able to roll out the treatment.

Jamie

justjenny · Oct 13, 2005

and we currently have one on the blanket....It's very interesting. This will be the first one of these I've witnessed, so I'm curious to see the overall outcome. So many of the babies with HIE have such bad outcomes, hopefully this will help. The hospital that I'm working at was also involved in this clinical trial that ended about 18 months ago, therefore, we were one of the first to be able to roll out the treatment.
Jamie

Jamie -

are you in Michigan?? The hospital that I worked at participated in the study- although I couldn't get any specifics from the RN that I asked....just wondering if you could shed any more light on it for me.

TIA!

Jenny

ADN Grad Dec 2005

nikiw · Oct 13, 2005

We did this in our unit for the first time last week. It was interesting to watch.

Finallyat40 · Oct 13, 2005

Nope, I'm in the D/FW area....

Jamie

Gompers, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2005

I first saw this a few years back on a BBC special about the NICU - I guess they started trials in Europe before the US. It looks pretty interesting, and it makes complete sense to me. I honestly can't wait until we can try it!

This was the same special where they showed European doctors experimenting with artificial wombs. They did a C-section on a ewe and delivered a premature lamb, then before it had the chance to breathe they stuck it in a tank of what I believe was liquid oxygen in saline solution. The animal breathed in that solution and then they placed umbilical lines for nutrition and fluids. I might be wrong on some of the details - it was a few years back. I think it survived for a few days in that tank.

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2005

I'm very excited about this. We are supposed to trial it next year.

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2005

I first saw this a few years back on a BBC special about the NICU - I guess they started trials in Europe before the US. It looks pretty interesting, and it makes complete sense to me. I honestly can't wait until we can try it!
This was the same special where they showed European doctors experimenting with artificial wombs. They did a C-section on a ewe and delivered a premature lamb, then before it had the chance to breathe they stuck it in a tank of what I believe was liquid oxygen in saline solution. The animal breathed in that solution and then they placed umbilical lines for nutrition and fluids. I might be wrong on some of the details - it was a few years back. I think it survived for a few days in that tank.

Gompers, I'm sure I will see this beofre I retire. babies floating in tanks of goo!

Gompers, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2005

Gompers, I'm sure I will see this beofre I retire. babies floating in tanks of goo!

We joke about it at work - they day we come to work and our patients are floating in fishtanks, we're outta there.

BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN · Oct 14, 2005

Ewww...yuk We joke about that too LOL

We have one attending that firmly believes in keeping kids on the cool side with HIE or having a bad bleed.