Bmc Pediatr
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Facilities which manage high-risk babies should frequently assess the burden of hypothermia and strive to reduce the incidence. ⋯ The high incidence and poor outcome of hypothermia among high-risk babies is important. The use of the 'warm chain' and skin-to-skin contact between mother and her infant into routine delivery services in health facilities and at home may be useful.
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Acute-phase reactants after paediatric cardiac arrest. Procalcitonin as marker of immediate outcome.
Procalcitonin (PCT) and C reactive protein (CRP) have been used as infection parameters. PCT increase correlates with the infection's severity, course, and mortality. Post-cardiocirculatory arrest syndrome may be related to an early systemic inflammatory response, and may possibly be associated with an endotoxin tolerance. Our objective was to report the time profile of PCT and CRP levels after paediatric cardiac arrest and to assess if they could be use as markers of immediate survival. ⋯ Measurement of PCT during the first 24 hours after paediatric cardiac arrest could serve as marker of mortality.