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What is the term used to describe CNS dysfunction in the newborn period?
What is neonatal encephalopathy?
What does HIE stand for?
What is hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy?
What are the placental risk factors for encephalopathy?
What are preeclampsia, post-dates, or abnormal appearance of the placenta?
What scale is used to classify neonatal encephalopathy?
What is the modified Sarnat Scale?
What are the classifications of encephalopathy?
What are mild, moderate, and severe?
What is a fetal risk factor for encephalopathy?
What is intrauterine growth restriction?
What kind of APGAR scores will a neonate have with encephalopathy?
What is low?
How many criteria must be present to have encephalopathy?
What is at least 3 out of 6?
How is it decided which classification a neonate goes in for encephalopathy?
What is the column with the most criteria checked?
How do you decide what classification a neonate goes in when the columns are equally divided?
What is a subclinical seizure?
What is a seizure seen only on EEG?
What medication is considered first-line for the treatment of neonatal seizures?
What is phenobarbital?
What medication is commonly seen as a maintenance seizure medication in neonates?
What is leveteracitam?
What is the only proven neuroprotective treatment for encephalopathy?
What is therapeutic hypothermia?
How long is therapeutic hypothermia maintained?
What is 72 hours?
What temperature is needed for therapeutic hypothermia?
What is 33 to 35 degrees Celsius?
What lab values are assessed to evaluate for end-organ injury?
What are AST, ALT, and Cr?
What classes of medications are needed to prevent shivering?
What is analgesia and sedatives?
Why do we want to prevent shivering when undergoing therapeutic hypothermia?
What is shivering causes the body to expend energy, and is also a mechanism used to warm the body?
What pH must be present to qualify for therapeutic hypothermia?
What is a pH less than or equal to 7?
What is a rare potential complication of therapeutic hypothermia?
What is subcutaneous fat necrosis?
What classification of encephalopathy qualifies for therapeutic hypothermia?
What is moderate to severe?
What are the short-term adverse effects of therapeutic hypothermia?
What are the increased rates of sinus bradycardia and thrombocytopenia?
When is therapeutic hypothermia started?
What is within the first 6 hours of life?
What medication is currently being studied as adjunct therapy to therapeutic hypothermia?
What is allopurinol?