BACKGROUND Neurologic complications after cardiac surgery include stroke, encephalopathy, and persistent cognitive impairments. More precise neuroimaging of patients with these complications may lead to a better understanding of the etiology and treatment of these disorders. OBJECTIVE To study the pattern of ischemic changes on diffusion- and perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI...

EDITORIAL article Front. Pediatr., 14 July 2023Sec. Neonatology Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1251446

Animal studies suggest that hypothermia decreases seizure burden, whereas limited human data are inconclusive. This retrospective cohort study examines the relationship between therapeutic hypothermia and seizure in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Our center admitted 224 neonates from July 2004 to December 2011 who met institutional cooling criteria. Seventy-three neonates were b...