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First detailed images of newborn babies’ lungs captured at birth – News-Medical.Net
Researchers have captured the first detailed images of newborn babies’ lungs as they take their first breaths.
Researchers have captured the first detailed images of newborn babies’ lungs as they take their first breaths.
The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, provides a breakthrough in understanding the events around a baby’s first breath, why healthy babies cry at birth and provides clues to improving preterm babies’ survival chances and long term health outcomes.
About 10 per cent of newborns,…
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