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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2020

Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after perinatal sentinel events: less brain injury on MRI and improved neurodevelopmental outcome at 18-36 months.

Beate Grass, Amr El Shahed, Linh G Ly, Vann Chau, Helen M Branson, Susan Blaser, Kyle Runeckles, Diane Wilson, Hilary Whyte

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Beate GrassDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. beate.grass@kispi.uzh.ch.
Amr El ShahedDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Linh G LyDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Vann ChauDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Helen M BransonDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Susan BlaserDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Kyle RunecklesCV Data Management Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Diane WilsonDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hilary WhyteDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hospital for Sick Children · CAMansoura University · EGUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo study the association between perinatal sentinel events (PSE) and brain MRI/neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) receiving therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

designThis is a retrospective single-center study. Data collection included perinatal history, brain MRI, and neurodevelopmental outcome.

resultsOut of the 182 neonates, 53 (29%) neonates had PSE and 129 (71%) neonates did not have PSE. Neonates with PSE had more normal MRIs (76%) compared with neonates without PSE (55%), p = 0.01. PSE was associated with favorable motor (p = 0.02), language outcome (p = 0.03), and trend to better cognitive scores (p = 0.13). In PSE, favorable motor outcome persisted (OR for impairment 0.15 (0.003-0.84), p = 0.03) after adjusting for the degree of encephalopathy and brain MRI injury. Injury on brain MRI despite TH after PSE was associated with unfavorable neurodevelopmental outcome (p < 0.001).

conclusionNeonates with HIE receiving TH after PSE had less severe injury on brain MRI after rewarming, and improved motor and language outcomes at 18-36 months.

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Hypothermia, InducedAbruptio PlacentaeBrainChild, PreschoolFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeurodevelopmental DisordersNeuropsychological TestsObstetric Labor Complications

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PMID32051541
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