'Cooled' baby saved from brain damage

'Cooled' baby saved from brain damage

pbr A stillborn baby has been miraculously brought back to life after being frozen for three days.br ppbr Little Ella Claxton had been dead for 25 minutes after she was starved of oxygen in the womb.br ppbr Medics managed to revive her but feared Ella could still die or suffer severe brain damage.br ppbr She was then taken 30 miles away to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and placed in a cooling blanket.br ppbr The pioneering procedure protects against brain damage by forcing the organ to repair itself. Ella's temperature plummeted from 37C to 33.5C.br ppbr Nine-months on, the toddler has stunned doctors with her incredible progress.br ppbr She is being treated with physiotherapy but scans have shown no abnormalities on her brain.


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Uploaded: 2011-03-03

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