G7 - Shiver Me Timbers: Total Body Cooling for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Disciplines: Newborn Care (NB), Advanced Practice (AP)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify risk factors for the development of hypoxic ischemic injury to the brain.
- Discuss the pathogenesis of hypoxic-ischemic injury, including the role of inflammatory mediators, oxidant damage and secondary (delayed) brain injury.
- Examine how hypothermia may be a neuroprotective strategy against brain injury,
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is one of the most important complications found in the newborn period. Although the predominant injury affects the brain, almost every organ system in the body is negatively impacted. The pattern of injury occurs in two phases: a) a primary energy failure related to the insult, and b) an energy failure that occurs some hours later. Hypothermia strategies are aimed at targeting this narrow window of opportunity to ameliorate the brain injury.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011: 3:15 PM-4:15 PM
207 (Colorado Convention Center)
Moderator:
Elaine Brown
Presenting Author:
M. Terese Verklan, PhD, RNC, CCNS
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