{"id":304,"date":"2010-04-09T21:29:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T03:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2010-04-09T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T03:29:24","slug":"xenon-used-to-ward-off-brain-damage-in-english-newborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/xenon-used-to-ward-off-brain-damage-in-english-newborn.html","title":{"rendered":"Xenon Used To Ward Off Brain Damage In English Newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Turning to an experimental treatment, doctors in Great Britain used xenon, an inert gas, to prevent brain injury in a baby born in serious condition. http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5h6WHkV6rTnrO0B_jaHb6w7a1u99gD9EVKKUG1<\/a><\/p>\r\n

In fact, newborn Riley Joyce was the first baby in the world to get the xenon gas treatment, which was developed by Marianne Thoreson, a University of Bristol professor of neonatal neuroscience, and Dr. John Dingley, a consultant anaesthetist at Swansea University\u2019s School of Medicine. http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/bristol\/somerset\/8611130.stm<\/a><\/p>\r\n

When Riley was delivered by an emergency Caesarean section at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, England, he didn\u2019t have a pulse and wasn\u2019t breathing. With his odds of sustaining permanent brain damage considered 50-50, his parents agreed to have him sent to St. Michael\u2019s Hospital in Bristol for the experimental treatment.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0Within a week, Riley was eating and alert.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0The xenon was used to help cool Riley\u2019s brain so he wouldn\u2019t suffer permanent brain damage. Xenon can double the effect of cooling the brain, according to research.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0In the United Kingdom, more than 1,000 babies born at full term die or sustain brain trauma because of a lack of oxygen or blood supply at birth.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0 Xenon will be tried on at least 12 babies before researchers start a bigger trial.<\/p>\r\n

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Turning to an experimental treatment, doctors in Great Britain used xenon, an inert gas, to prevent brain injury in a baby born in serious condition. http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5h6WHkV6rTnrO0B_jaHb6w7a1u99gD9EVKKUG1 In fact, newborn Riley Joyce was the first baby in the world to get the xenon gas treatment, which was developed by Marianne Thoreson, a University of Bristol professor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[389,392,390,391,388],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brain-damage","tag-experimental-xenon-treatment","tag-lack-of-blood-supply","tag-research","tag-xenon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t