Clinical Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy score of the Iberoamerican Society of Neonatology (Siben): A New Proposal for Diagnosis and Management

Authors

J Perez
Sergio Golombek, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Augusto Sola, New York Medical College

Journal Title

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

First Page

64

Last Page

69

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Department

Pediatrics

Abstract

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is a major complication of perinatal asphyxia, with high morbidity, mortality and neurologic sequelae as cerebral palsy, mostly in poor or developing countries. The difficulty in the diagnosis and management of newborns in these countries is astonishing, thus resulting in unreliable data on this pathology and bad outcomes regarding mortality and incidence of neurologic sequelae. The objective of this article is to present a new clinical diagnostic score to be started in the delivery room and to guide the therapeutic approach, in order to improve these results.

Recommended Citation

Perez, J., Golombek, S., & Sola, A. (2017). Clinical Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy score of the Iberoamerican Society of Neonatology (Siben): A New Proposal for Diagnosis and Management. Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira, 63 (1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.63.01.64