Therapeutic hypothermia and its effects on the preterm fetal sheep

There is compelling evidence that 72 h of moderate hypothermia initiated within 2 to 6 h after hypoxia-ischemia can protect against brain injury, disability and death in term newborn infants. Currently, there is no clinical treatment for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy for preterm infants. With t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barrett, Robert Daniel
Other Authors: Gunn, Alistair
Published: ResearchSpace@Auckland 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7200