Therapeutic hypothermia has emerged as an effective treatment for neonatal encephalopathy. Now, research is aimed at determining prognosis after encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia.

The experimental work on hypothermia reported from this laboratory was supported by grants from the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation and the Corn Industries Research Foundation. Select the format you ...

The only treatment supported by randomized clinical trials (RCT) is therapeutic hypothermia for infants at least 36 weeks' gestational age, study authors wrote. "Many clinicians have been ...

Perinatal asphyxia, also known as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), affects roughly 2-3 per 1,000 live births in the United States. The injury is ...

Hypothermia: it’s something you see all too often in movies starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But what is it, exactly? And how does it really happen? Our body is always trying to maintain a balmy ...

Dr. Greg Vigna Therapeutic cooling reduces death and severe disability in neonates with HIE, but many still face cognitive and motor impair ...

The cardiovascular safety of moderate hypothermia as a therapeutic measure is not proven. In fact, the results of our study suggest there should be an increased awareness to the presence and the ...

Hypothermia is when a person’s body temperature gets so low that they have reduced circulation of blood around the body, particularly to their skin. This is why the person’s skin will feel cold to ...