Effect of neonatal neuronal intensive care unit on neonatal encephalopathy

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 12; p. e0261837
• Main Authors: Lin, Lu, Liu, Weiqin, Mu, Jing, Zhan, Enmei, Wei, Hong, Hong, Siqi, Hua, Ziyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.12.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Birth weight; Brain; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Brain injury; Brain research; Care and treatment; Child development; Children & youth; Childrens health; Cooperation; Demography; Education; Electroencephalography; Encephalopathy; Ethics; Female; Gestational age; Head injuries; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Hypoglycemia; Hypothermia; Hypothermia, Induced; Infant, Newborn; Infants (Newborn); Intensive care; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Laboratories; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical prognosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neonates; Neurodevelopment; Neurology; Neuroprotection; Newborn babies; Nutrition; Patients; Prophylaxis; Reflexes; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Seizures; Sepsis; Traumatic brain injury; China

Prophylaxis of brain injury in newborns has been a main concern since the first neonatal neuronal intensive care unit (NNICU) was established in the world in 2008. The aim of this study was to outline and evaluate the unit’s development by analyzing the demographics of the patients, the services del...