Effectiveness of reaching and maintaining therapeutic hypothermia target temperature using low-cost devices in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) using servo-controlled cooling devices has proved to be a safe and effective method to reduce mortality and sequelae in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, such cooling devices can be expensive and have limited availability in low- and middle-income countries. To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of low-cost cooling devices (ice packs) to reach and maintain the target temperature in newborns with moderate or severe HIE.

Joint attention abilities in Brazilian preterm and full-term infants.

Joint attention abilities of preterm and full-term Brazilian infants were assessed at 12- and 18-months, age corrected for prematurity. Results showed that preterm infants displayed significantly lower levels of correct responses to others' bids for joint attention at both time-points, compared to full-term infants. Both groups improved their responding to joint attention from 12 to 18 months of age.

Auditory processing abilities in prematurely born children.

Unlabelled: Aim To compare the performance in temporal auditory ordering and resolution tests and the latency and amplitude in the records of middle latency auditory evoked potential and P3 of prematurely born children with the performance of full-term children undergoing the same assessment protocol.

Study Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Subjects: Fifty-two children, aged 8 to 10 years, participated in the study and were divided into two groups: study group: 16 prematurely born children, and control group: 36 born full-term, at low risk for developmental alteration and without scholastic or hearing difficulties.

Painful procedures and analgesia in the NICU: what has changed in the medical perception and practice in a ten-year period?

Objective: To compare the use of analgesia versus neonatologists' perception regarding analgesic use in painful procedures in the years 2001, 2006, and 2011.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of all newborns admitted to four university neonatal intensive care units during one month in 2001, 2006, and 2011. The frequency of analgesic prescription for painful procedures was evaluated.

Neuroprotective body hypothermia among newborns with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: three-year experience in a tertiary university hospital. A retrospective observational study.

Context And Objective: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Studies have shown that therapeutic hypothermia decreases neurological sequelae and death. Our aim was therefore to report on a three-year experience of therapeutic hypothermia among asphyxiated newborns.