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Research finds nitric oxide aids preemies
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Daily Breeze
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November 28, 2003
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HEALTH:
Doctors say the treatment reduces the risk of death in infants
with breathing problems.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Giving nitric oxide to premature babies with breathing trouble can
reduce their risk of death, lingering lung problems and brain damage
_ a finding that could help make the gas standard treatment in a few
years.
In a study of 207 babies, doctors at the University of Chicago
found major benefits from giving a low dose of nitric oxide gas to
premature newborns with respiratory distress, or inability to breathe
in enough air.
The one-week treatment cut their risk of death or lung problems to
49 percent, compared with 64 percent in preemies getting just oxygen
from a breathing ...