Effect of Whole-Body Cooling on Phenobarbital Control of Seizures in Neonates with HIE

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-9-9

Keywords:

NICU Admission, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Prophylactic Phenobarbital

Abstract

Forty-two infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) admitted to University of Alabama, Birmingham, from 1999 to 2007, received whole-body hypothermia and of these, 20 also received a single dose (40 mg/kg) of prophylactic phenobarbital.

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Published

2010-09-01

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Section

Seizure Disorders