Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a brain injury resulting from systemic hypoxia resulting from impaired placental and pulmonary gas exchange and decreased cerebral blood flow in a newborn baby. Hypothermia pad application is the first effective neuroprotective intervention in newborns exposed to life-threatening asphyxia.
It is used for therapeutic hypothermia and cooling procedures in newborn patients at appropriate standards.