Bibliographic information
GuidelineRecommendations for management of common childhood conditions : evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations : newborn conditions, dysentery, pneumonia, oxygen use and delivery, common causes of fever, severe acute malnutrition and supportive care
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
Head or whole body cooling (in management of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy) should not be done outside well-resourced, tertiary neonatal intensive care units, because there is potential for harm from this therapy in low-resource settings
Recommended against
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate