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Table 5 Results of 2-week MRI, 18-month disability rate, and neonatal death

From: Benefits of starting hypothermia treatment within 6 h vs. 6–12 h in newborns with moderate neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

 

Controls

Hypothermia

P

< 6 h

6–12 h

< 6 h

6–12 h

n

48

41

35

28

 

MRI during the second week

 Normal

26 (54.2%)

23 (56.1%)

30 (85.7%)

20 (71.4%)

< 0.01

 Abnormal

22 (45.8%)

18 (43.9%)

15 (14.3%)

8 (29.6%)

< 0.01

Severe disability

19 (39.6%)

16 (39.0%)

9 (25.7%)

7 (28.6%)

< 0.01

Neonatal death

4 (8.3%)

3 (7.3%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (3.6%)

< 0.01