Reducing oxygen levels for children in intensive care will save lives
From University College London 27/12/23 Reducing oxygen levels in critically ill children on mechanical ventilators in intensive care could save tens of young lives each year, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital. The study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and published in […]
Tracing how the infant brain responds to touch with near-infrared spectroscopy
From Tokyo Metropolitan University 12/12/23 Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have measured how oxygenated hemoglobin levels in the blood change in infants’ brains in response to touch. Using spectroscopy methods with external sensors placed on the scalp of sleeping infants, they found that the time at which levels peak doesn’t change with infant age, but […]