Hypothermia Treatment for Neonatal Encephalopathy

Abstract

Treatment with mild whole body hypothermia after birth asphyxia was evaluated in 10 of 16 newborns with EEG burst suppression evidence of a bad prognosis, followed at the Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.

Keywords

• hypothermia
• asphyxiated neonates
• neonatal encephalopathy