Globally, 15 million babies are born prematurely and 20% of them require help at birth; of these annually, ~1 million will die due to birth asphyxia and a significant proportion will survive with chronic lung disease or neurodevelopmental disabilities. This puts a heavy burden on health resources, as these infants require frequent hospital re-admission. Refining resuscitation techniques to decrease long-term complications has potential to improve quality of life for newborns and their families.

CSAR (Centre of the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Edmonton, Canada is a world-leading program that is unique in Canada and works to 1) understand basic respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological changes during the fetal to neonatal transition and 2) improve diagnoses, mitigate risk and improve survival and quality of life for newborns.
On This Chanel CSAR is sharing their research and lectures with the community.