Therapeutic hypothermia is a well-established therapy with clear neuroprotective effects. It has been widely used in cases of neonatal hypoxic encephalopathy and cardiac arrest. Researchers have been attempting to apply therapeutic ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Newborns of Black and Asian mothers are significantly more likely to experience hypothermia than those born to white mothers, according to a new study. The research will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) ...
Apr 28, 2023
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Therapeutic hypothermia, the only evidence-based treatment for newborns born with neonatal encephalopathy (NE) at or after 36 weeks, is not effective for reducing death or moderate/severe disability in newborns born between ...
Apr 28, 2023
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Among emergency department patients with severe hypothermia and cardiac arrest, survival was significantly higher with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) versus conventional rewarming. Further, among all hypothermic ...
Mar 1, 2023
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For brain-dead organ donors, therapeutic hypothermia is inferior to machine perfusion of the kidneys for reducing delayed graft function after transplantation, according to a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the New ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy for term newborns with birth asphyxia has no benefit over cooling therapy alone, a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Jul 14, 2022
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One of the most common causes of disability or death in newborns is a lack of oxygen or blood flow in the brain during labor or delivery.
May 11, 2022
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Most babies born prematurely or with health problems are quickly whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they might require assisted heating devices to regulate their temperature. A University of Houston ...
Jul 1, 2021
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Results of the interim analyses performed after 12 months in the first 111 patients enrolled in phase II Cool AMI trial evaluating safety and effectiveness of systemic therapeutic hypothermia as an adjunctive therapy in anterior ...
May 18, 2021
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In patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia after suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, those who were cooled below 31 degrees Celsius (about 88 degrees Fahrenheit) for 24 hours showed no difference in terms of death ...
May 17, 2021
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