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This was an observational study based on routinely collected data including demographics, admission temperature, survival and major morbidity outcomes. Subjects were 1104 consecutive inborn VLBW babies admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017. Results: 155 (14%) of babies were hypothermic (&lt;36.5 \u00b0C) with only 21 (1.9%) &lt; 36 \u00b0C, and 254 (23%) of babies were hyperthermic (&gt;37.5 \u00b0C). The rate of major abnormality on cranial ultrasound scan was increased in the hyperthermic babies compared to the normothermic babies (37\/239 (15.5%) vs. 54\/601 (9%), relative risk (95% CI) 1.723 (1.166 to 2.546), p = 0.006). There was no difference in survival or other major morbidity in the hyperthermic babies compared to the normothermic babies. There was no association between hypothermia and survival or any major morbidity, although this probably reflects the low power of the study given the low rates of significant hypothermia. Higher admission temperature was associated with an increase in the risk of major cranial ultrasound abnormality using multiple logistic regression analysis (p = 0.007) with an increased odds ratio (95% CI) of 1.48 (1.11 to 1.97) for each degree of increase. We conclude that admission hyperthermia is independently associated with an increased risk of preterm brain injury. It is not possible to state whether this is a causative association, or whether the association is a consequence of a shared aetiology of perinatal infection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9111706","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,8]],"date-time":"2022-11-08T10:47:34Z","timestamp":1667904454000},"page":"1706","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes and Admission Temperature: Does Hyperthermia Matter?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Hannah","family":"Brophy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gaik Min","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7754-7678","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charles William","family":"Yoxall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool L8 7SS, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"659","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.106.4.659","article-title":"The EPICure study: Outcomes to discharge from hospital for infants born at the threshold of viability","volume":"106","author":"Costeloe","year":"2000","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2016.04.016","article-title":"Admission Hypothermia in Very Preterm Infants and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity","volume":"175","author":"Wilson","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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