Guideline
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy: A BAPM Framework for Practice
- Communicating with families
- Families and professional practice
- Family-integrated care
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and cooling
- Medical
- Neonatal transport
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Neurology
- Nursing
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Transport
Summary
This BAPM Framework for Practice provides UK guidance on therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy, intended for local units and networks to adapt into their own guidelines. It covers case selection, parent and carer communication, infants outside current criteria, investigations, network and transport implications, nursing care, prognostication, reorientation of care, follow-up, governance and research. Appendices address MRI and spectroscopy, general care and neurological examination. The original 2020 document was amended in March 2025 to reflect changed advice on cooling infants below 36 weeks, and a renewal consultation is under way.
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