Use of hypothermia in babies at risk of brain damage lessens risk of long-term disability.
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11 July 2014
This story wrongly stated that oxygen deprivation affects around 750,000 babies in the United Kingdom each year. In fact, 750,000 is the average number of babies born in the country each year. Oxygen deprivation affects only about 1,000 births each year.
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Check Hayden, E. Cooling protects oxygen-deprived infants. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.15525
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