CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Studies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia decreases neurological sequelae and deat
Background: Therapeutic hypothermia was introduced in the Netherlands and Flanders, Belgium, in 2008. Since then, an increasing number of patients has been treated - up to 166 in 2010. C
Background: Perinatal asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) represent substantial sources of neonatal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), le