Neonatal encephalopathy, previously known as neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, is a syndrome of abnormal neurological function appearing in the first few days of life in an infant born after 35 weeks of gestation. Affected infants have difficulty initiating and maintaining breathing, a subnormal level of consciousness, and often depressed tone and reflexes, with possible seizures. The underlying injury combines hypoxia, a deficiency of oxygen, with ischemia, a restriction of blood flow to the brain, and is commonly caused by birth asphyxia.
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ICD-10 ChapterXVI: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Neonatal Encephalopathy
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1. Wikipedia: Neonatal encephalopathy
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Hypoxia refers to deficiency of oxygen, Ischemia refers to restriction in blood flow to the brain.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Hypothermia therapy for neonatal encephalopathy (Wikipedia)
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Mild total body hypothermia, induced by cooling a baby to 33-34°C for three days after birth, is nowadays a standardized treatment after moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy in full-term and near to fullterm neonates.
Targeted temperature management (Wikipedia)
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Hypothermia therapy for neonatal encephalopathy has been proven to improve outcomes for newborn infants affected by perinatal hypoxia-ischemia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy or birth asphyxia.
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