Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy initiated within six hours after birth effectively prevents neurodevelopmental impairments in some but not all infants. In part, this may be related to the timing of hypoxia before relative initiation cooling. Metabolic acidosis at (suggesting acute hypoxia-ischemia) is required treatment with hypothermia. However, placental e...

With improvements in care of at-risk neonates, more and more children survive. This makes it increasingly important to assess, soon after birth, the prognosis of children with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Computed tomography, ultrasound, and conventional magnetic resonance imaging are helpful to diagnose brain injury, but cannot quantify white matter damage. In this study, ten full-term inf...

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is an important cause of brain injury in the newborn and can result in long-term devastating consequences. Perinatal hypoxia is a vital cause of long-term neurologic complications varying from mild behavioural deficits to severe seizure, mental retardation, and/or cerebral palsy in the newborn. In the mammalian developing brain, ongoing research i...

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is one of the most common causes cerebralpalsy and other severe neurological deficits in children which occurs 1.5/1000 live births. It iscaused by inadequate blood flow oxygen supply to brain resulting focal or diffuse braininjury.

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy carries an uncertain prognosis. We sought to retrospectively assess the prognostic value of arterial spin-labeling MR imaging in 22 adult patients diagnosed with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Quantitative CBF maps were generated from the M0 map, and arterial spin-labeling data on a per-voxel basis were regionally interrogated via visual inspection and ROI plac...

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy can be a devastating complication of childbirth. Herein, the authors review the pathophysiology of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and the current status of neuroprotective strategies to ameliorate the injury centering on four themes: (1) monitoring in the perinatal period, (2) rapid identification of affected neonates to allow timely institution of the...