Hypothermia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 238-246

  Shah, Prakesh S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Infant; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956063841     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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