4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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I need information about low birth weight neonatal profilaxis inhale NO treatment.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers and colleagues have shown nitric oxide therapy to be effective in significantly lowering the risk of long-term lung and brain injury in some premature and low birth weight infants.
Two large, multi-center clinical trials demonstrated that when given within the first two weeks of life, inhaled nitric oxide helps prevent chronic lung disease in some premature and low birth weight infants. In addition, the treatment also appears to protect some premature newborns from brain injury when used soon after birth and at the proper dose. In both studies, babies treated with nitric oxide were more likely to survive without BPD at 36 weeks gestation; and in addition, in the study coordinated by UAB, the babies treated shortly after birth were less likely to show brain damage.


Ref: July 26 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
 
 
 
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