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Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy in Indian neonatal units: A survey of national practices

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This cross-sectional web-based survey suggests that cooling therapy is offered as standard of care for babies with neonatal encephalopathy in 10/25 (40%) of public and 37/68 (51%) of private level 2 or 3 neonatal units in India. 25 (53%) used locally improvised cooling methods, and the cooling practices differed from established protocols in high-income countries.

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  1. Centre for Perinatal Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Manigandan Chandrasekaran, Ravi Swamy & Sudhin Thayyil

  2. Department of Neonatology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Siddarth Ramji

  3. Department of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    Seetha Shankaran

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Chandrasekaran, M., Swamy, R., Ramji, S. et al. Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy in Indian neonatal units: A survey of national practices. Indian Pediatr 54, 969–970 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-1194-z

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