Guideline
Therapeutic hypothermia with intracorporeal temperature monitoring for hypoxic perinatal brain injury
- Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and cooling
- Medical
- Neurology
- Nursing
This guideline is from 2010, more than five years ago. Check whether a newer version exists and which version your unit follows.
Summary
NICE interventional procedures guidance (IPG347, now HealthTech guidance 221) on therapeutic hypothermia with intracorporeal temperature monitoring for newborns with hypoxic perinatal brain injury. It addresses the safety and efficacy of cooling as a neuroprotective procedure and the arrangements for its use in practice. The guidance has been moved to the HealthTech programme without change to its content. Relevant to neonatal teams delivering cooling for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.
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