Increased Use of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Infants with Milder Neonatal Encephalopathy due to Presumed Perinatal Asphyxia

Abstract

Based on Thompson and Sarnat scores, but not aEEG background patterns, infants treated during the second period had milder NE than infants treated during the first years following implementation of TH. There was no difference in 2 years neurodevelopmental outcome. Further research is necessary to evaluate the value of TH for infants with clinically mild NE.