Prevention and treatment of energy failure in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
- Author:
Rong ZOU
1
;
De-Zhi MU
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University/Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610041, China. mudz@scu.edu.cn.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Energy Metabolism;
Humans;
Hypothermia, Induced;
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain;
prevention & control;
therapy;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Newborn, Diseases;
prevention & control
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2016;18(9):915-920
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in neonates is the brain injury caused by perinatal asphyxia or hypoxia and is a major cause of death in neonates and nervous system dysfunction in infants and young children. Although to a certain degree, mild hypothermia therapy reduces the mortality of infants with moderate to severe HIE, it cannot achieve the expected improvements in nervous system dysfunction. Hence, it is of vital importance to search for effective therapeutic methods for HIE. The search for more therapies and better preventive measures based on the pathogenesis of HIE has resulted in much research. As an important link in the course of HIE, energy failure greatly affects the development and progression of HIE. This article reviews the research advances in the treatment and prevention of energy failure in the course of HIE.
