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Table 3 Reasons for Not Providing Therapeutic Hypothermia

From: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy diagnosis and treatment: a National Survey in China

Reasons, n (%)

Total hospital

General hospital

Maternity and infant hospital

Children’s hospital

n = 126

n = 94

n = 24

n = 8

Reduction of HIE cases

49 (38.9)

34 (36.2)

12 (50.0)

3 (37.5)

High cost of cooling devices

39 (31.0)

29 (30.9)

7 (29.2)

3 (37.5)

Lack of training in TH

33 (26.2)

26 (27.7)

5 (20.8)

2 (25.0)

Concerns about the safety of TH

5 (4.0)

5 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. Abbreviation: HIE Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, TH Therapeutic hypothermia