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Association between admission hypothermia and outcomes in very low birth weight infants in China: a multicentre prospective study

BMC Pediatrics volume 20, Article number: 321 (2020) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

The objective of this prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study was to evaluate the association between admission hypothermia and neonatal outcomes in very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants in multiple neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in China.

Methods

Since January 1, 2018, a neonatal homogeneous cooperative research platform-Shandong Neonatal Network (SNN) has been established. The platform collects clinical data in a prospective manner on preterm infants with birth weights (BWs) < 1500 g and gestational ages (GAs) < 34 weeks born in 28 NICUs in Shandong Province. These infants were divided into normothermia, mild or moderate/severe hypothermia groups according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classifications of hypothermia. Associations between outcomes and hypothermia were tested in a bivariate analysis, followed by a logistic regression analysis.

Results

A total of 1247 VLBW infants were included in this analysis, of which 1100 infants (88.2%) were included in the hypothermia group, 554 infants (44.4%) in the mild hypothermia group and 546 infants (43.8%) in the moderate/severe hypothermia group. Small for gestational age (SGA), caesarean section, a low Apgar score at 5 min and intubation in the delivery room (DR) were related to admission hypothermia (AH). Mortality was the lowest when their admission temperature was 36.5 ~ 37.5 °C, and after adjustment for maternal and infant characteristics, mortality was significantly associated with AH. Compared with infants with normothermia (36.5 ~ 37.5 °C), the adjusted ORs of all deaths increased to 4.148 (95% CI 1.505–11.437) and 1.806 (95% CI 0.651–5.009) for infants with moderate/severe hypothermia and mild hypothermia, respectively. AH was also associated with a high likelihood of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), and late-onset neonatal sepsis (LOS).

Conclusions

AH is still very high in VLBW infants in NICUs in China. SGA, caesarean section, a low Apgar score at 5 min and intubation in the DR were associated with increased odds of hypothermia. Moderate/severe hypothermia was associated with mortality and poor outcomes, such as RDS, IVH, LOS.

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Background

Preterm infants have difficulty maintaining body temperature after birth due to a high surface area-to-mass ratio, little subcutaneous adipose tissue, a thin stratum corneum and inadequate brown fat, especially among very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants [1, 2].

Neonatal hypothermia (temperature below 36.5 °C) is a vital risk factor for neonatal mortality and morbidity in preterm infants [3,4,5]. Laptook et al. [6] reported that hypothermia increased the risk of mortality by 28% for every 1 °C drop in body temperature. In a multicentre study, Caldas et al. [7] reported that admission hypothermia (AH) was significantly associated with early neonatal death regardless of hospital performance. In Korea, Lee et al. [8] reported that 74.1% of 5860 VLBW preterm infants with a gestational age (GA) < 33 weeks and hypothermia were admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), which was associated with high mortality and several important morbidities. Wilson et al. [9] reported that hypothermia occurred in 53.4% of 5697 infants born at a GA < 32 weeks in a population-based study with samples from 11 European countries and that admission hypothermia (AH) after very preterm birth was a significant problem associated with an increased risk of early and late neonatal death. In an analysis of risks associated with AH in preterm infants in the Canadian Neonatal Network, Lyu et al. [10] showed that both hypothermia and hyperthermia were associated with increased risks of adverse outcomes. However, in China, clinical data on AH in premature infants are scarce, and most of the studies include small samples from a single centre [11].

The aim of this study was to examine the association between AH and neonatal outcomes in VLBW infants in multiple NICUs in China.

Methods

This prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study was carried out over a period of 12 months, from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, in 28 NICUs in Shandong Province, China. The 28 recruited hospitals included 14 teaching hospitals and 14 non-teaching hospitals, with averages of 59 and 40 beds in the neonatology departments and NICUs, respectively.

Data quality and control

Since January 1, 2018, a homogeneous neonatal cooperative research platform- Shandong Neonatal Network (SNN) has been implemented. The admission temperatures, mortality incidence and morbidity data of VLBW infants born in 28 level II and level III NICUs in Shandong Province were collected prospectively. The database provided maternal, delivery, and neonatal data until the first NICU discharge, and the data were collected by trained staff using a standardized operating procedure [12, 13]. The admission temperature was defined as the infant’s axillary or rectal temperature measured at admission to the NICU within 1 h after birth, in accordance with local routines. Axillary temperature tested with mercury thermometer on admission was the most common method used in NICUs, accounting for 79.2%. However, rectal temperature tested with mercury thermometer was rare, accounting for 4.2%. Body temperature mostly was measured under the arm for 5 min accompanying by nurses with mercury thermometer (45.8%) [14]. The entered data were analysed for statistical adjustment for possible confounders in a multivariate analysis.

Population

Study population

The study population included all infants with a birth weight (BW) less than 1500 g and GA less than 34 weeks who were admitted to the NICUs of 28 level II or level III hospitals in China from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, and their mothers.

Exclusion criteria

Infants who were out-born, who had redirection of intensive care [15] including congenital abnormalities and who were missing temperature data were excluded.

Study variables

Dependent variable

The dependent variable was hypothermia.

Independent variables

The following perinatal variables were considered independent variables: gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), maternal hypertension, premature rupture of membranes (PROM) (> 18 h), antenatal use of full course of steroid, and caesarean section. The following neonatal variables were considered independent variables: multiple births (twins or more), sex, GA, BW, small for gestational age (SGA) (defined as a BW lower than the 10th percentile of the intrauterine growth curve of 2013-Fenton), Apgar scores at 1 min and 5 min, and intubation in the delivery room. Poor outcomes included respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), late-onset neonatal sepsis (LOS), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR).

Operational definitions

Hypothermia was defined as an axillary temperature of less than 36.5 °C, according to the WHO [3]. Cold stress or mild hypothermia was defined as a temperature 36.0 °C to 36.4 °C, moderate hypothermia was defined as a temperature 32.0 °C to 35.9 °C, and severe hypothermia was defined as a temperature below 32 °C.

Normothermia was defined as a body temperature between 36.5 °C to 37.5 °C.

Redirection of intensive care was defined as limited care (not intensifying medical treatment) or withdrawal of care [15].

The diagnostic criteria of RDS, IVH, NEC and ROP were according to the Practice of Neonatology (5th Edition) [16].

LOS was diagnosed by the clinical manifestations of systemic infection after 3 days of birth and abnormal values for 2 or more of the following non-specific infection indicators: WBC < 5 × 109/L or WBC > 20 × 109/L; C-reactive protein (CRP) ≥10 mg/L; platelets (PLTs) ≤100 × 109/L; and procalcitonin (PCT) > 2 ng/ml. If the blood or cerebrospinal fluid culture was positive, then culture-positive septicaemia was diagnosed [17].

BPD was defined as the requirement of any inspired fraction oxygen above 0.21 at the corrected GA of 36 weeks [18].

EUGR was defined according to the growth curve of 2013-Fenton, when BW, head circumference and body length were all <P10 at discharge or at a corrected GA of 36 weeks [19].

Statistical analysis

Demographic data are expressed as medians [M (Q1,Q3)] or percentages. In the univariate analysis, we used the Kruskal-Wallis test or chi-square test. We then evaluated the odds ratios (ORs) according to admission temperature using a multivariate logistic regression analysis, with adjustment for factors that had a P < 0.1 in the univariate analysis. We also estimated curves for mortality according to the admission temperature. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS v. 25.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois).

Results

A total of 1582 in-born infants with a BW < 1500 g and GA < 34 weeks were enrolled in the study on their day of birth; 93 infants were excluded because they were out-born. Additionally, 150 infants with redirection of intensive care and 92 infants with missing temperature data were excluded. The remaining 1247 infants were included in this analysis (Fig. 1). The final cohort had a median BW and GA of 1250 (480–1499) g and 29 (24.1–33.9) weeks, respectively.

Fig. 1
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Flow diagram of the study population. A total of 1582 in-born infants with a BW < 1500 g and GA < 34 weeks were enrolled in the study on their day of birth; 93 infants were excluded because they were out-born. Additionally, 150 infants with redirection of intensive care and 92 infants with missing temperature data were excluded. The remaining 1247 infants were included in this analysis, of which 1100 infants (88.2%) were included in the hypothermia group, 554 infants (44.4%) in the mild hypothermia group and 546 infants (43.8%) in the moderate/severe hypothermia group

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Hypothermia

The mean (SD) admission temperature was 35.8 °C (0.6 °C), ranging from 32 °C to 37.5 °C. Only 11.8% of the study population had an admission temperature in the WHO recommended range of 36.5 °C to 37.5 °C. A total of 88.2% of infants had an admission temperature lower than 36.5 °C, including 554 infants (44.4%) in the mild hypothermia group and 546 infants (43.8%) in the moderate/severe hypothermia group. No hyperthermic (> 37.5 °C) infants were identified. The distributions of infants across the range of admission temperatures are reported in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2
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Temperature distribution of VLBW infants. Only 11.8% of the study population had an admission temperature in the WHO recommended range of 36.5 °C to 37.5 °C. A total of 88.2% of infants had an admission temperature lower than 36.5 °C, including 554 infants (44.4%) in the mild hypothermia group and 546 infants (43.8%) in the moderate/severe hypothermia group. No hyperthermic (> 37.5 °C) infants were identified

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Association between hypothermia and risk factors and mortality and major morbidity in VLBW infants

The univariate analysis was found that the risk factors including BW, SGA, caesarean section, antenatal steroid use, a low 5-min Apgar score, intubation in the DR and maternal hypertension and the adverse outcomes including RDS, IVH, LOS and EUGR were associated with hypothermia (Table 1). After adjusting for risk factors using logistic regression, SGA, caesarean section, antenatal steroid use, intubation in the DR, a low 5-min Apgar score, RDS, IVH and LOS remained significantly associated with moderate/severe hypothermia (Tables 2 and 3).

Table 1 Characteristics of normothermic and hypothermic VLBW infants
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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of the association between risk factors and hypothermia
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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of the association between mortality and major morbidity and hypothermia
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The adjusted ORs of death increased to 1.806 (95% CI 0.651–5.009) and 4.148 (95% CI 1.505–11.437) for infants with mild hypothermia and moderate/severe hypothermia at NICU admission, respectively. The analysis of the correlation between admission temperature and death showed that the relationship was not a linear but a quadratic function equation and was statistically significant (P < 0.05) (Fig. 3).

Fig. 3
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Relationship between admission temperature and mortality. The analysis of the correlation between admission temperature and death showed that the relationship was not a linear but a quadratic function equation and was statistically significant (P < 0.05)

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Discussion

This is the first prospective, multicentre, observational cohort study with a large sample size to investigate the association between mortality and major morbidity with hypothermia in China. Our study demonstrated that infants with hypothermia, particularly moderate/severe hypothermia, had adverse outcomes with relatively high rates of death; these findings are consistent with previous reports [20, 21]. The multivariate analysis showed that the OR of death was 4.148 for VLBW infants with moderate/severe hypothermia at NICU admission in our study. Sindhu et al. [22] reported that a reduction in an infants’ body temperature is the primary cause of 18–42% of annual infant mortality worldwide. A recent study by Tay et al. [23] reported that hypothermia at NICU admission in extremely preterm infants was independently associated with mortality. Our study showed that mortality was inversely related to admission temperature, although the relationship was not linear but rather a quadratic curve. A quadratic curve indicated that there was an admission temperature range with the lowest death rate, and hypothermia should be avoided in vulnerable VLBW infants.

The univariate and multivariate analyses showed that adverse outcomes in VLBW infants, including RDS, IVH and LOS, were associated with AH. This is consistent with the results of previous studies [24, 25]. Laptook et al. [6] reported that hypothermia increased the risk of sepsis by 11% for every 1 °C drop in body temperature. Miller et al. [26] reported that moderate/severe hypothermia significantly increased the incidence of several morbidities, including death, high-grade IVH and late-onset sepsis. Chang H-Y et al. [27] reported that hypothermia was associated with IVH and RDS. Hypothermia leads to increased oxygen consumption, which leads to hypoxemia, which in turn leads to pulmonary vasoconstriction, the reduced release of pulmonary surfactant and decreased work by respiratory muscles, increasing respiratory distress in these vulnerable preterm infants [28].

In this study, we found that the incidence of hypothermia was 88.2%. The incidence of hypothermia at admission to the NICU in VLBW preterm infants was 31–78% in previous studies [29, 30]. In a retrospective observational study, Lyu et al. [10] showed that the incidence of hypothermia was 35.6%. In Taiwan, Chang H-Y [27] reported that the incidence of hypothermia was 76.8%. Compared with the above international data, the incidence of AH in China is significantly higher. A retrospective analysis was conducted on infants born between January 1 and December 31, 2017 to determine key causes of hypothermia [14]. This study found that inadequate measures were taken to keep warm in the process of neonatal resuscitation and in-hospital transportation. In addition, medical personnel are not aware of the harm of hypothermia in preterm infants.

The results showed that AH was associated with SGA, caesarean section, intubation at DR, and a low 5-min Apgar score. Caesarean delivery may contribute to hypothermia, as operating rooms are often kept at cool temperatures to maintain a comfortable operating environment. Johannsen et al. [31] showed that a relatively high ambient temperature in the DR may also prevent hypothermia in preterm infants in addition to the above mentioned methods to stabilize body temperatures of VLBW infants. The WHO has recommended that delivery or resuscitation room temperatures be set at a minimum of 25 °C, with a suggested range of 25 ~ 28 °C [3], which, anecdotally, is not often the case. SGA is associated with a large surface area-to-body mass ratio, decreased subcutaneous fat, high body water content, and immature skin, leading to increased evaporative water and heat losses [32]; therefore, SGA was also a risk factor for AH. A low 5-min Apgar score and intubation at DR may be associated with increased resuscitation efforts, an increased resuscitation time and inadequate thermal measures [8, 33]. Therefore, heat preservation measures should be included in the management of premature infant resuscitation and the “golden hour” after birth [34].

AH was also associated with antenatal steroids. The interpretation of this variable requires special care. During the study period, prenatal use of glucocorticoids is only considered complete prenatal steroid therapy. Pregnant women at risk for preterm delivery are often associated with serious complications, for example maternal hypertension, unexplained uterus contraction. The mothers with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy may be monitored more closely and was higher rates of antenatal corticosteroid use [35]. These risk factors cause a higher incidence of asphyxia in preterm infants, leading to a statistical analysis that affected this variable. Therefore, the statistical significance of antenatal steroids has no clinical significance.

Our study had several limitations. We investigated only the incidence of hypothermia and studied the association between hypothermia and poor outcomes; we still have not conducted a quality improvement project considering VLBW infants. Based on the results of this study, our next research project will be to carry out a multicentre quality improvement project to reduce the incidence of hypothermia according to international evidence-based practices for improving quality (EPIQs).

Conclusion

AH is still very high in VLBW infants in NICUs in China. SGA, caesarean section, a low Apgar score at 5 min and intubation in the DR were associated with increased odds of hypothermia. Moderate/severe hypothermia was associated with mortality and poor outcomes, such as RDS, IVH, LOS.

Availability of data and materials

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.

Abbreviations

VLBW:

Very low-birth weight

NICU:

Neonatal intensive care unit

AH:

Admission hypothermia

GDM:

Gestational diabetes mellitus

GA:

Gestational age

RDS:

Respiratory distress syndrome

IVH:

Intraventricular haemorrhage

NEC:

Necrotizing enterocolitis

LOS:

Late-onset neonatal sepsis

BPD:

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

ROP:

Retinopathy of prematurity

EUGR:

Extrauterine growth retardation

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Yuan Shi, Professor, from Chongqing Children’s Hospital and Zhang-bin Yu from Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University for assistance with this research project.

Funding

This study was supported by the Shandong Key Research and Development Project (2018GSF118163) and Shandong Provincial Medical Health Technology Development Project (2017WS009). The funder of our study is the corresponding author of this study, professor Yong-hui Yu. She is responsible for designing research, training and supervising data collectors, interpreting results and revising manuscript in this study.

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University and Shandong University, No. 234, Jingwu Road, Huai Yin District, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China

    Yong-hui Yu & Li Wang

  2. Shandong Provincial Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Jinan, China

    Lei Huang

  3. Qianfo Shan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China

    Li-ling Wang

  4. Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

    Xiao-yang Huang

  5. Jinan Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Jinan, China

    Xiu-fang Fan

  6. Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, China

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  7. Weifang Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Weifang, China

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  26. Central Hospital of Shandong Provincial Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China

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YHY, the corresponding author, doctorate, and professor of medicine, designed the study, trained and supervised the data collectors, interpreted the results and revised the manuscript. The first author, namely, LW, played a role in the analysis and interpretation of the data and in preparing and drafting the manuscript. The co-first authors, namely, LH, LL-W, XY-H, XF-F, YJ-D, CY-Z, QL, AR-S, YH-Z, GY, CL, XX-L, JC-W, ZY-Y, TC, XY-R, JL, MR-B, FD-P, M-G, BP-Q, RM-Z, SP-N, RX-Z, YC, YL-G, and LP-D participated in the design of the study, the collection and interpretation of the data and writing the manuscript. All authors listed on the manuscript approved the submission of this version of the manuscript and take full responsibility for the manuscript.

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Yu, Yh., Wang, L., Huang, L. et al. Association between admission hypothermia and outcomes in very low birth weight infants in China: a multicentre prospective study. BMC Pediatr 20, 321 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02221-7

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