Preserving brain function during neonatal asphyxia.
Presently, there is no intervention that can be used that preserves brain function in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. This review covers the interventional strategies that are available to the health care worker at present and suggests a different approach to this frustrating problem. The proposal is to use clinically available interventions and combine them into an effective intervention strategy. The merits of each intervention is discussed.
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Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. sidtan@nwu.edu
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D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000975:Antioxidants; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents