Hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy: Nationwide Survey of Clinical Practice in Japan as of August 2010

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Iwata, Osuke ^a   Nabetani, Makoto ^b   Takenouchi, Toshiki ^c   Iwaibara, Takayuki ^b   Iwata, Sachiko ^a   Tamura, Masanori ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neonatal encephalopathy; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; JAPAN; NEONATAL ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; JAPAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84859615825     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02562.x     Document Type: Article

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