Objective: To determine whether Phenobarbital (PB) given before therapeutic hypothermia to infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) augments the neuroprotective efficacy of hypothermia.

About 1 in 10 cases of cerebral palsy are caused by lack of oxygen to the brain around the time of birth, commonly called birth asphyxia or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Researchers at UCSF used ...

It also identified "hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy," or brain damage from lack of oxygen, as a contributing factor. The ...

Neonatal encephalopathy, a condition resulting from perinatal asphyxia, occurs in 2.0–6.0 of every 1000 live births. Without treatment, prognosis is poor and resulting complications such as ...

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI / / October 31, 2024 / Cerebral Palsy Research Network, Hope for HIE and Newborn Brain Society announce a partnership and receipt of funding to develop a patient registry ...

pH <7 or base deficit of 16 mmol/L and evidence of moderate or severe encephalopathy (Sarnet score) and aEEG recording used to control for the severity of injury. Method: Head cooling with cooling ...

Oscar Parodi was born at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). This is a lack of oxygen or blood flow from the placenta to the baby.

An Exeter man who became addicted to alcohol and drugs from a young age died after collapsing in a city centre car park ...