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Hypothermia in children with severe neurological disabilities
Author(s) -
TOBIN J.,
REDDIHOUGH D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1994.tb00606.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypothermia , complication , thermoregulation , sepsis , disturbance (geology) , pediatrics , hypothalamus , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery , paleontology , biology
Four severely disabled children who developed hypothermia during acute illness are described. A central defect in thermoregulation in the hypothalamus is likely, based on clinical observation and limited investigations, as well as similarities to sporadic cases reported in the literature. Disturbance of temperature regulation appears to be a rare complication of major brain injury in children, without necessarily occurring in association with pituitary dysfunction. It is of clinical importance because subnormal temperature may indicate severe sepsis.