The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Sep 2010
Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
This case series describes the clinical management of 5 infants who underwent whole-body cooling during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In all 5 infants, systemic hypothermia was maintained during ECMO with acceptable clinical outcomes.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Aug 2010
Multicenter StudyPrevalence and correlates of elevated blood pressure in youth with diabetes mellitus: the SEARCH for diabetes in youth study.
To determine the prevalence and correlates of elevated blood pressure (BP) in youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus by using data from the SEARCH Study. ⋯ Our findings identify high-risk groups of youth with diabetes mellitus at which screening and treatment efforts should be directed.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Aug 2010
Prophylactic phenobarbital and whole-body cooling for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
In infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, cooling reduces death/neurodevelopmental impairment, whereas prophylactic anticonvulsants may not. This retrospective analysis shows no reduction in neurodevelopmental impairment (23% in prophylactic phenobarbital group vs 45% in controls, P = .3) but fewer clinical seizures in cooled infants who received prophylactic phenobarbital (15% vs 82% P < .0001).