女婴出生17分钟仍未呼吸 “冷冻”三天后未出现脑部损伤

A baby girl who didn't breathe for 17 minutes after birth was miraculously saved when doctors put her in a "fridge" for three days.

Sophie Fleet suffered complications at birth and swallowed fluids which caused a blockage in her airways and starved her brain of oxygen.

Doctors decided to lower Sophie's temperature from its normal 37C to 33.5C for three days in a bid to stop her brain swelling and causing brain damage.

Temperatures this low bring on hypothermia but in controlled conditions it reduces pressure on the brain, allowing it to recover from trauma.

Sophie had to wear a special "fridge" suit, which was pumped with water to keep her body cool.

Sophie's body was later warmed to normal temperature again over 12 hours.

She then had tests done which showed she had suffered mild brain damage.

Huw Jones, a consultant neonatologist at the hospital, said"This cooling treatment helps slow everything down and helps stop brain damage."

"Research and trials have shown it works and this is the optimum temperature to reduce that brain damage risk."

Doctors say only time will tell how the brain damage she suffered is going to affect her.

一名出生17分钟后仍未呼吸的女婴，经放在“冰箱”冷冻三天后，竟奇迹般的存活了下来。

索菲•福利特出生时出现多种并发症，吸入了液体，堵住了气管，大脑得不到充足氧气。

医生决定将其体温从正常的37度降到33.5度，冷冻三天，防止脑部肿大和损伤。

这种温度会导致体温过低，然而控制得当，能减少对脑部的压力，从疾病中恢复过来。索菲穿着一件特制的"冰冻"衣服，里面有冰水流动以保持较低体温。

12小时后，她的体温又恢复到正常温度，随后的检查显示她只有轻微的脑部损伤。

医院的新生儿科顾问休•琼斯称：“这种冷却治疗法能减缓人体新陈代谢，有效防止大脑损伤。”

“研究实验表明这种方法确实有效，而33.5摄氏度正是减少脑部损伤危险的最佳温度。”

医生们称索菲的脑部损伤究竟会对她造成何种影响还有待时日观察。