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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792069803321

Titolo

Neonatal neural rescue : a clinical guide / / edited by A. David Edwards, Denis V. Azzopardi, Alistair J. Gunn ; foreword by Joseph J. Volpe [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23880-3

1-107-32718-0

1-107-33362-8

1-107-33694-5

1-107-33279-6

1-107-33528-0

1-139-56505-2

1-299-25758-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge Medicine Neonatal neural rescue

Disciplina

617.4/81044

Soggetti

Brain - Wounds and injuries - Complications

Pediatric neurology

Asphyxia neonatorum

Brain damage - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Scientific background -- section 2. Clinical neural rescue -- section 3. The future.

Sommario/riassunto

Worldwide more than one million babies die annually from perinatal asphyxia and its associated complications such as neonatal encephalopathy - one of the major causes of cerebral palsy and cognitive deficiencies in children aside from prematurity. Cooling the head - or the entire body - minimizes neuronal death, enabling the neonatal brain to be 'rescued' thus greatly improving developmental outcomes. Hypothermic neural rescue therapy has revolutionized the treatment of this condition and is a major recent achievement in neonatal medicine. This landmark book provides a brief scientific



underpinning of hypothermic neural rescue therapy and lays out the evidence base for good practice. Internationally recognized authorities give practical advice, drawn from personal experience, on how to deliver hypothermia in the neonatal intensive care unit. A valuable addition to any neonatal unit, this is essential reading for neonatologists, neonatal nurses and paediatric neurologists.