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ReviewCureus2023

Use of Cranial Ultrasound Prior to the Start of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Newborn Encephalopathy.

Jaber Alfaifi

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microvascular Ultrasound Imaging in the Neonatal Brain: From Advanced Doppler to Super-Resolution.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jaber AlfaifiPediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, SAU.
University of Bisha · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For a precise diagnosis of infant hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), neuroimaging is required. The nature and time of the brain injury, the imaging modalities used, and the timing of their application all affect the therapeutic usefulness of neuroimaging in neonatal HIE. Most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the world have access to cranial ultrasound (cUS), a safe, low-cost piece of technology that may be used at the patient's bedside. Infants undergoing active therapeutic hypothermia (TH) must undergo a cUS to be screened for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), according to the clinical practice guidelines. The guidelines advise brain cUS on days 4 and 10-14 of life after hypothermia therapy is finished in order to thoroughly assess the nature and severity of any brain impairment. Early cUS is meant to rule out major ICH, which is listed in the local guideline for TH as a relative exclusion factor. This study questions whether cUS should be a required screening method before the start of TH.

Indexed as

cranial ultrasoundhypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyneonatesnewborn encephalopathytherapeutic hypothermia

Identifiers

PMID37101800
PMCPMC10123230
OpenAlexW4366176887

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Registered trials

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