New Treatment Could Reduce Chronic Lung Disease in Premature Babies (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

New Treatment Could Reduce Chronic Lung Disease in Premature Babies

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In a new study, Dr. Jatinder Bhatia, a Medical College of Georgia neonatologist and doctors at the University of Southern California and the University of Oklahoma are studying 60 premature babies. They believe a less traumatic way of delivering surfactant, a lung lubricant that preemies need to help them breathe, could reduce the incidence of respiratory problems they’ll have later in life.

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