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St. Cloud Hospital Successful at Brain Cooling Therapy for Infant
According to WQOW TV, St. Cloud Hospital has successfully cooled an infant to prevent or reduce the severity of brain injury. It is believed to be the first time a hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has been able to reduce brain injury through the brain cooling method. Oliver Manlove, son of Renee and Kenny Manlove, was delivered full term but was deprived of oxygen during birth. He was transferred by helicopter to St. Loud Hospital for cooling. The NICU team utilized the total body cooling therapy. Therapeutic body cooling or hypothermia has been used at St. Cloud Hospital since 2005 to treat adult cardiac arrest patients. Cooling an infant can reduce the severity of a brain injury. Brain injuries during birth can result in life-long complications such as cerebral palsy, as well as developmental problems. Doctors start to cool an infant as soon as possible, the sooner a baby is…
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Experts Dispute Medical Value of Storing Cord Blood
According to the Daily Journal, medical value of storing cord blood is disputed by experts. Critics of cord blood banking feel that the chances of needing it are so slim that cord blood banks are unnecessary. Some critics feel that cord blood storage should be handled by a national donation center so that the sick are able to receive stem cell matches, while many critics feel that there is a lack of oversight of private cord blood organizations. Cord blood banking is still a fairly new procedure. Cord blood contains stem cells and genetic information of the newborn baby. It can be harvested during childbirth, both by vaginal or c-section deliveries. The procedure is painless – cord blood is collected prior to cutting the umbilical cord. Collected umbilical cord blood is sent to a private storage or public donation facility where it is cryogenically frozen for preservation. Why is cord…
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Abbott Laboratories Sued Over Infant Formula, Alleging Enterobacter Sakazakii Contamination
According to the Sioux City Journal, a Sioux City bank has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 3 year old girl against a maker of a powdered infant formula. According to court records, Security National Bank alleges that Jeanine Kunkel contracted neonatal Enterobacter sakazakii meningitis from the Similar formula made by Abbott Laboratories. The lawsuit alleges that Jeanine suffered permanent brain damage from drinking contaminated infant formula. The bank is acting as the child’s conservator. Her parents say that she changed drastically soon after drinking Similac powdered formula, which came in a complimentary bag provided by the St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center at the time of her discharge. Within 24 hours the newborn appeared to be acting differently, reports her mother. She was crying and appeared to be very uncomfortable. Jeanine was diagnosed with the strain of meningitis at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, she was about…
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