'Bubble CPAP' boosts neonatal survival rates: Helps babies struggling to breathe
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
The first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44 percent to 71 percent. A 10-month study of 87 patients in Blantyre, Malawi, found that treatment with low-cost "bubble CPAP" increased survival for severely ill premature babies as much as fourfold.