title: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and novel strategies for neuroprotection.
abstract: This article covers the outcome of full-term infants with encephalopathy due to hypoxic-ischemia and pathophysiology of brain injury following hypoxic-ischemia. Clinical and imaging evidence for hypothermia for neuroprotection is presented. The outcome of infants with hypothermia for encephalopathy due to hypoxic-ischemia from recent trials is summarized. Facts regarding the clinical application of cooling obtained from the randomized trials and knowledge gaps in hypothermic therapy are presented. The review concludes with the future of hypothermia for neuroprotection.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women's Hospital, 3901 Beaubien, #4C19, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. sshankar@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Seetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankaran
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*