Transcutaneous Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in Neonates Receiving Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy

Once an infant is identified as being eligible for TH treatment and hypothermia was initiated according to the department clinical practice guidelines, and written informed consent was obtained from one of the parents, tcPCO2 monitoring can be started. Transcutaneous CO2 will be measured by SenTec Digital Monitor (software version SW-V07.00; MPB SW-V05.00.12) with V-Sign™ Sensor (SenTec AG, Thervil, Switzerland). Also, we will use small blood samples (0.2 ml) from clinical blood draws up to 4 times following starting transcutaneous CO2 monitoring for measuring blood gas for research purposes.