Treatment
A treatment that carefully lowers a newborn's body temperature for a few days to help protect the brain after a lack of oxygen at birth.
Also called: therapeutic hypothermia, cooling therapy for hie
General information, not medical advice. Ask a provider about newborn cooling therapy and what is right for you.
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