Christchurch researchers help save the lives of very premature babies

Professor Brian DarlowResearchers from Christchurch have played a crucial role in an international study aimed at saving the lives of very premature babies.The researchers, led in New Zealand by University of Otago, Christchurch, Professor Brian Darlow, investigated the critical issue of how much oxygen should be given to very premature babies. Their work is likely to change clinical practice worldwide.The results of the study involving babies from New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom are published in the latest edition of the prestigious New England Medical Journal.Professor Darlow says many premature babies need extra oxygen for many weeks after they are born. How much they get is guided by measurin...