Successful of therapeutic hypothermia intervention in newborn with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. A case report

Perinatal encephalopathy hypoxic-ischemic (HIE) moderate-severe is a disease with a high risk of mortality and morbidity. Hypothermia is a neuroprotective therapy useful improving the prognosis in term newborns with HIE. This is a case report at Neiva Huila of a newborn who suffered severe perinatal...

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Main Authors: Carlos Fonseca, Henry Barreto, Hernán Manotas, Linda Esquivel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad del Cauca 2017-03-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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Online Access:http://revistas.unicauca.edu.co/index.php/rfcs/article/view/142
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Summary:Perinatal encephalopathy hypoxic-ischemic (HIE) moderate-severe is a disease with a high risk of mortality and morbidity. Hypothermia is a neuroprotective therapy useful improving the prognosis in term newborns with HIE. This is a case report at Neiva Huila of a newborn who suffered severe perinatal HIE and got hypothermia therapy. Neurological evaluation, three months after treatment, showed an adequate tone and suction. In this case, hypothermia therapy was an effective measure for treatment of HIE, it could decrease mortality and neurological damage.
ISSN:0124-308X
2538-9971