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Mortality of newborns on ECMO linked with red blood cell transfusion volume

Mortality of newborns on ECMO linked with red blood cell transfusion volume

Newborns in respiratory failure who require the life-sustaining support of ECMO also require transfusion of red blood cells. But a new study indicates that the higher volume of these oxygen-carrying blood cells the babies receive, the higher their mortality rate.

15 Feb 2022

Loss of mitochondrial respiration alters mechanical properties of the cartilage

Loss of mitochondrial respiration alters mechanical properties of the cartilage

A group of researchers headed by Professor Dr Bent Brachvogel, Head of Experimental Neonatology at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, have identified regulatory mechanisms of tissue organization which were earlier unknown.

8 Oct 2021

Gut bacteria may play a key role in neurological damage of premature infants

Gut bacteria may play a key role in neurological damage of premature infants

Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna have now found possible targets for the early treatment of such damage outside the brain: Bacteria in the gut of premature infants may play a key role.

6 Sep 2021

Gut mycobiome correlates with metabolic outcomes in response to diet

Gut mycobiome correlates with metabolic outcomes in response to diet

Studies of the microbiome in the human gut focus mainly on bacteria. Other microbes that are also present in the gut -- viruses, protists, archaea and fungi -- have been largely overlooked.

8 Mar 2021

Researchers identify specific cellular pathway involved in the regeneration of lung tissue

Researchers identify specific cellular pathway involved in the regeneration of lung tissue

Scientists have discovered a new cellular pathway that can be targeted with a naturally occurring medication to activate the regeneration of lung tissue.

30 Sep 2020

Combined antenatal therapy improves outcomes in extremely preterm babies

Combined antenatal therapy improves outcomes in extremely preterm babies

Tiny infants known as extremely preterm children have very low birth weights, underdeveloped organs, and risks of long-term problems or disabilities.

14 Jul 2020

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