Pregnancy and childbirth are usually filled with anticipation and hope. Modern obstetrics has dramatically improved the ...

Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the leading causes of newborn mortality and morbidity worldwide, and lowering the baby’s body temperature—called therapeutic hypothermia—is often used ...

Pregnancy predisposes to a heightened risk for infection. Previously, available data on coronaviruses and other ribonucleic acid (RNA) respiratory viruses suggested rare occurrences of transplacental ...

Adding a high dose of erythropoietin to therapeutic hypothermia did not reduce rates of death or disability in infants with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a phase III randomized trial ...

Researchers in China have discovered a potential way to prevent a lack of oxygen or blood flow from causing long-lasting brain damage in newborn children. The study, which will be published September ...

Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a critical and severe form of neonatal brain injury. It occurs when a newborn suffers from oxygen deprivation and restricted blood flow (ischemia) either ...