Current opinion in pediatrics
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Curr. Opin. Pediatr. · Apr 2000
ReviewCerebral hypothermia for prevention of brain injury following perinatal asphyxia.
The possibility that hypothermia has a therapeutic role during or after resuscitation from severe perinatal asphyxia has been a longstanding focus of research. Early studies using short periods of cooling had limited and contradictory results. ⋯ These encouraging results must be balanced against the well-known adverse systemic effects of hypothermia. Randomized clinical trials are in progress to test the safety and efficacy of cerebral hypothermia.