Hypothermia: A Neuroprotective Therapy for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

In May 2005, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development convened a workshop to evaluate the status of knowledge regarding the safety and efficacy of hypothermia as a neuroprotective therapy for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Blackmon and Stark review briefly the backgrou...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2006-03, Vol.117 (3), p.942-948
Main Authors: Blackmon, Lillian R, Stark, Ann R, and Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Asphyxia Neonatorum - complications
Babies
Care and treatment
Child health
Children
Company business management
Conferences, meetings and seminars
Health aspects
Humans
Hypothermia
Hypothermia, Induced
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain - etiology
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain - therapy
Infant, Newborn
Pediatrics
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Summary:In May 2005, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development convened a workshop to evaluate the status of knowledge regarding the safety and efficacy of hypothermia as a neuroprotective therapy for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Blackmon and Stark review briefly the background and current knowledge regarding the therapeutic efficacy and safety of sustained mild to moderate hypothermia to prevent death and severe disability in neonates who have experienced a significant hypoxic-ischemic insult and to urge caution and restraint in the immediate implementation of this therapy before more corroborating evidence has been published.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2005-2950