Although neonatal care has become more and more meticulous with significant changes in
technology in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the past 50 years, iatrogenic …

Genetic disorders are the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality. Due to the large
number of genetic diseases, molecular and phenotype heterogeneity and often severe course, …

Despite theprogress inperinatal care, perinatal asphyxia (PA) remains asignificant problem
inneonatology. Thedevelopment of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has improved theprognosis…

Objective: New technologies to measure pain responses, such as heart rate variability and
skin conductance hold promise in the development of tools that can be reliable and …

Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic
Evaluation (NIPE) index to detect the response to nociceptive stimuli in nonanesthetized …

Background: Brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC) guidelines are routinely
analyzed, compared and updated in the majority of countries and are later implemented as …

This work discusses the heat transfer aspects of the neonate’s brain cooling process carried
out by the the device to treat hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. This kind of hypothermic …

Absence seizures are generalized nonmotor epileptic seizures with abrupt onset and
termination. Transient impairment of consciousness and spike-slow wave discharges (SWDs) in …

Tracheal intubation may be defined as an artificial airway established in order to provide
mechanical ventilation of the lungs during surgical procedures under general anaesthesia, …

Objectives: Therapeutic hypothermia TH became broadly used in the management of the
asphyxiated newborns. Although two cooling methods are used, so far the superiority of none …