New device monitors brain function in newborns.

Summary: Oxygen deprivation at birth and seizure disorders can be detected with non-invasive tool

Samihah Zaman, Staff Reporter; Staff Report

Abu Dhabi: A new tool at Tawam Hospital in Al Ain will help diagnose neurological disorders in newborns.

The public hospital, which is managed by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), will be able to detect oxygen deprivation at birth and seizure disorders when the tool, the cerebral function monitor (CFM), is placed by a baby's bed.

Based on the information received, medical staff will be able to ascertain whether a baby should receive total body cooling therapy to prevent further neurological damage. The therapy decreases body temperature and must be administered within six hours of birth.

"The use of CFM will allow us to provide state-of-the-art care to neonates. Tawam Hospital is at a par with international standards when it comes to taking care of high-risk babies," said Dr Moghis Ur Rehman, consultant at the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.

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