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To the Editor: Shankaran et al. (Oct. 13 issue)¹ report improved neurologic outcomes and reduced mortality in newborns with perinatal asphyxia treated with mild hypothermia. This confirms previous observations from one randomized trial and eight nonrandomized studies.^2,3

The accompanying editorial by Papile⁴ concludes that brain cooling for neonates with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy should be considered an experimental technique and that widespread application would be premature. Papile suggests that longer-term follow-up will be needed to confirm the benefits in terms of neurologic performance. We feel strongly that this conservatism is misplaced. No other effective treatments for encephalopathy after hypoxia are available; with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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