DTI parameters in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy after total body hypothermia.

D LongoFrancesca BottinoG LucignaniL ScarciollaL PasquiniM C Rossi EspagnetC PolitoL Figà-TalamancaG CalbiI SavareseP GilibertiA Napolitano

Published in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)

We observed modifications of parameter values in HIE newborns vs HC; however normalization of values at 6 months suggests that changes of parameters cannot be considered early biomarkers for evaluation of therapeutic hypothermia in newborns with moderate HIE and normal conventional MRI.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
cardiac arrest
pregnant women
brain injury
gestational age
preterm infants
cord blood
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
preterm birth
high intensity
early onset
white matter
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging
multiple sclerosis