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Volume 4
Journal of Pediatric Care
ISSN: 2471-805X
Page 60
JOINT EVENT
May 07-08, 2018 Frankfurt, Germany
&
3
rd
International Conference on
Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery
22
nd
Edition of International Conference on
Neonatology and Perinatology
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy – is it preventable? Important associations and outcomes
Breda C Hayes
1, 2, 3
1
Rotunda Hospital, Ireland
2
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
3
University College Dublin, Ireland
D
espite advances in obstetric and neonatal care over the last four decades the neonatal encephalopathy rate in newborns
>2.5 kg shows no decline and there is uncertainty of associated risk factors and outcomes. To determine risk factors
associated with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), our group set up an encephalopathy database and have been working
to identify potentially modifiable risk factors which may serve to identify newborns at risk of not tolerating the labor process.
Secondary aims of our group are to assess the predictive value of laboratory and neuroimaging investigations for neurological
outcome. In particular we are interested in attention, memory and behavioral outcomes of survivors without cerebral palsy.
Phase 1 of our research [237 cases (155 newborns with grade 1 encephalopathy, 61 newborns with grade 2 encephalopathy, 21
newborns with grade 3 encephalopathy) and 489 controls] defined distinct risk groups with HIE rates that ranged from 0-86%.
Associations of placental, laboratory and neuroimaging findings with both short and longer term outcomes will be presented.
bhayes@rotunda.ieJ Pediatr Care, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C2-009