In-Hospital Outcomes of Neonates with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Receiving Sedation-Analgesia during Therapeutic Hypothermia.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2025

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:  This study aimed to compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) severity scores and in-hospital outcomes among neonates with perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) with and without exposure to sedation-analgesia (SA) during therapeutic hypothermia (TH).

STUDY DESIGN:  A single-center, retrospective cohort study of neonates with perinatal HIE undergoing TH between January 2010 and December 2020. Demographics, clinical characteristics, MRI scores, and in-hospital outcomes were compared between patients without SA exposure and those with SA use.

RESULTS:  Of the 131 neonates, 55 (42%) did not have SA exposure, and 76 (58%) had SA during TH. Groups were similar in birth weight, gestational age, and severity of HIE. A higher proportion of neonates in the SA group received inhaled nitric oxide (iNO, 39.4% vs. 2%,

CONCLUSION:  SA during TH for perinatal HIE did not alter early MRI severity scores. A lower survival to discharge in the SA group may be related to illness severity rather than SA use alone.

KEY POINTS: · Conflicting studies exist regarding the efficacy of SA use during TH.. · SA use during TH did not alter in-hospital MRI severity scores.. · SA use was associated with a lower survival to discharge, correlated to the severity of illness rather than SA use alone..

Publication Title

American journal of perinatology

Volume

42

Issue

8

First Page

1066

Last Page

1072

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