Head cooling for neonatal encephalopathy: The state of the art

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 636-651

  Gunn, Alistair Jan ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Hypoxia; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Induced

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIRTH; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; COOLING; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548400798     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31811ebe68     Document Type: Review

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