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Keep this study
Lead
University of Utah
With
Thrasher Research Fund
Age
0–0
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Infants will be eligible for the DANCE trial if they have a gestational age \> 36 weeks by best obstetric estimate, are \< 12 hours old and have evidence of moderate-severe acute perinatal HIE. Eligibility will also include criteria presently used in the NICU to initiate hypothermia:
1. \< 6 hours after birth
2. History of an acute perinatal event (abruption, cord prolapsed, severe fetal heart rate abnormality)
3. Severe fetal or early (\< 1 hour age) neonatal acidosis: arterial pH ≤ 7.0 or a base deficit ≥ 16m mEq/ L
4. If a blood gas is not available or a blood gas at \<1 hour of age has a pH between 7.01 and 7.15, or a base deficit is between 10 and 15.9 mEq/L, additional criteria will be required:
* acute perinatal event AND
* either a 10-min Apgar score ≤ 5 or assisted ventilation initiated at birth and continued for at least 10 minutes.
You may not be if
1. Major congenital and/or chromosomal abnormalities
2. Prenatal diagnosis of brain abnormality or hydrocephalus
