Safety of Phenobarbital in Neonates with HIE

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-9-12

Keywords:

Phenobarbital, Fetal Distress, Periventricular Hemorrhage

Abstract

Phenobarbital treatment (20 mg/kg iv) had no significant effect on cerebral blood flow or blood pressure and heart rate, measured 60 min after a loading dose, in 7 term newborn infants with mild to moderate hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy examined in the Dept of Paediatrics, Alborg Hospital, Denmark.

Published

1994-09-01

Issue

Section

Vascular Disorders