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and refresh the page. Researchers at Golisano Children's
Hospital are among those confirming that therapeutic
hypothermia, or cooling therapy, can help reduce the likelihood
of death or disability in newborns at risk for brain damage.
It's one of the first therapies hospitals can offer full term
babies that do not get enough oxygen during birth. "If we can
cool babies from a normal of 37 degree centigrade, or 98.6, down
to 33.5 degrees centigrade for a period of 72 hours, we can
markedly improve their outcome,” said Dr. Ronnie Guillet,
neonatologist. Guillet says that immediately after birth, a baby
is identified as at risk for having significant brain damage
from lack of oxygen. Once stabilized, the new born is brought to
the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, and placed on a
cooling blanket. "This is the cooling blanket. There's just a
light receiving blanket for the baby's comfo