Neuroprotective body hypothermia among newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: three-year experience in a tertiary university hospital. A retrospective observational study

Neuroprotective body hypothermia among newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: three-year experience in a tertiary university hospital. A retrospective observational study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Studies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia decreases neurological sequelae and death. Our aim was therefore to report on a three-year experience of therapeutic hypothermia among asphy...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Magalhães, Francisco Paulo Martins Rodrigues, Maria Renata Tollio Chopard, Victoria Catarina de Albuquerque Melo, Amanda Melhado, Inez Oliveira, Clery Bernardi Gallacci, Paulo Roberto Pachi, Tabajara Barbosa Lima Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
Subjects:
Infant, newborn
Hypoxia, brain
Hypothermia
Asphyxia neonatorum
Magnetic resonance imaging
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802015000400314&lng=en&tlng=en

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