Table 4

Long-term outcomes for those infants who developed HIE grade 2 or 3, pre and post the introduction of therapeutic hypothermia

Therapeutic hypothermia eraPretherapeutic hypothermia era
N3924
pH: meanĀ (SD)6.797 (0.128)6.752 (0.142)
Base deficit: mean (SD)19.929 (4.996)18.747 (5.777)
Died13 (33%)8 (33%)
Lost to follow-up12
Survivors from HIE grade 21512
Survivors from HIE grade 3102
Cerebral palsy10 (26%)5 (21%)
  • HIE, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy.