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Immediate Hypothermia Is Not Neuroprotective After Severe Hypoxia-Ischemia and Is Deleterious When Delayed by 12 Hours in Neonatal Rats
Author(s) -
Hemmen Sabir,
Emma Scull-Brown,
Xun Liu,
Marianne Thoresen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.674481
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroprotection , hypothermia , hypoxia (environmental) , ischemia , anesthesia , stroke (engine) , cardiology , oxygen , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
Hypothermia (HT) for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is advised to start within the first 6 hours after birth. There is some clinical evidence that HT is more effective against moderate than against severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, but it is unknown whether delayed HT beyond 6 hours is effective or even injurious.

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