Characteristics and outcomes of neonates with intrapartum asphyxia managed with therapeutic hypothermia in a public tertiary hospital in South Africa

• Main Authors: Firdose Lambey Nakwa (Author), Letlhogonolo Sepeng (Author), Alison van Kwawegen (Author), Reenu Thomas (Author), Karabo Seake (Author), Tshiamo Mogajane (Author), Nandi Ntuli (Author), Claude Ondongo-Ezhet (Author), Samantha Kesting (Author), Dikeledi Maureen Kgwadi (Author), Noela Holo Bertha Kamanga (Author), Annaleen Coetser (Author), Jeanne Van Rensburg (Author), Michael S. Pepper (Author), Sithembiso C. Velaphi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In randomized clinical trials, therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to reduce death and/or moderate-to-severe disability in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in high-income countries, while this has not consistently been the case in low-and middle-income...