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What is Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy? – Video
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- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is a brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation of the whole brain.
- It is not the same thing as a stroke.
- It often happens during neonatal asphyxia or adult cardiac arrest.
- Therapeutic hypothermia is the only established treatment.
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