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THE HERALD Wednesday iwn Pioneering research on infants The Centennial Reunion Member or the committee are Committee li Hearing the home back row left to Doug In preparation for the Rack Sargent Ted Hick for reunion Former students are Tom Vice being contacted bo they II return to man Trevor Williams Bryan the lor a gala celebration Nelson middle row the schools IWth birthday July to right Tom Been Chairman Gall Una Hell William Secretary June Lens Arthur Day foot front row left to right Joan Beaumont Ifof Treasurer Jean June Durrani Margaret Harding Arnold and Jessie Glynn Looking for former students Anyone knowing the iddrtsa or a ii how to gel contact with any of the following students pleisi tall Williams students started Gride proxuiuiiuy j tntc 1 one of the children who go to the Saturday ten for children with special needs The centre Is at St John a United Church in Georgetown and Is design for parent relief Is seen here with volunteer Marlon Saving energy with hot water When babies are born premature ly the greatest threat to their viva Is a condition of Immature lungs called or Respiratory Distress Syndrome The air sacs of these babies tiny lungs lack a vital lubricant called surfactant As a result the lungs do not expand nor after birth sod fall to transfer enough oxygen to the blood The con dltlon responsible for almost Infant deaths In Canada each year A group of researchers from Queen University in Kingston led by Alison has developed a new way of helping these tiny lungs func Hon Many Infants with must be placed or ventilator a machine that breathes for them by forcing air or oxygen En and out of their lungs Traditional ventilators can help but they do not always achieve adequate lung function and complications are and serious In particular the high pressures produced by these machines can easily damage the fragile tissues of immature lungs To try to Improve the function of these lungs white minimizing pressure damage the Queens group Is trying out a new type of ventilator called a high frequency oscillator The HFOA ventilator differs from conventional ventilators in that it moves small puffs of airoxygen in and out of the lungs at a very high rate at speed of 15 cycles per se cond I Traditional ventilators move much larger volumes of gas st a much slower rate of 15 cycles per minute giving many small puffs rather than a few large one the ventilator should maintain lung ex pans Ion with less stress on the air sacs and passageways and this has been confirmed in animal ex peri men Babies adapt readily to this ventilator As Froese puts it the way a premie breathes looks different With conventional a baby chest moves In and out with each breath But on the UFO system a baby Just lies quietly and Jiggles and can choose to take his or her own breath as well or Just let the machine do the breathing for him Clinical trials of the Sue at the Kingston General capital are promising This que it at least as safe as the conven tional ventilator approach and as expected results In less pressure within the lungs In add lion the HFO system often improves he function of the lungs sufficiently to reduce the need for added oxygen This Is on Important advantage since breathing high concentrations of oxygen over long periods can be very harmful to premature babies It will take a couple of years or so before the clinical trial is completed and It Is established whether HFOA should be routinely used for all babies with In the meantime trials have commenced in other in both Canada and the US A potential spinoff of this research is the use of for other lung pro blems Researchers have already found It useful for treating babies who have high blood pressure within their lungs The Lung Association is to be associated with this pioneering research Your generous financial support has helped to make this Im portant research possible DEAR POLLY What is the water temperature at which to set your hot water healer order to save energy BILL DEAR 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