Sclerema neonatorum after therapeutic whole-body hypothermia
- Correspondence to:
Dr S Navarini-Meury
Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel, CH-4005 Basel; susannemeury{at}gmx.ch
- Accepted 5 February 2007
Abstract
Hypothermia is being studied as a neuroprotective therapy after asphyxia. This report is about a term newborn with severe asphyxia who underwent systemic hypothermia (34.5°C) for 72 h. He survived without apparent brain damage but developed sclerema on his back, in the area in contact with the cooling mattress. The sclerema resolved without scarring after three months.
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Competing interests: None.
