Pediatrics
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Treatment of term infants with head cooling and mild systemic hypothermia (35.0 degrees C and 34.5 degrees C) after perinatal asphyxia.
To assess the safety of selective head cooling in birth-asphyxiated term newborn infants while maintaining the rectal temperature at 35.0 degrees C or 34.5 degrees C. ⋯ This study suggests that selective head cooling combined with mild systemic hypothermia of 34.4 degrees C or 35.0 degrees C is a stable, well-tolerated method of reducing cerebral temperature in term newborn infants after perinatal asphyxia.