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Hospital care techniques resulting in intact survival of a 380‐g infant
Author(s) -
Ginsberg Harley G,
Goldsmith Jay P,
Stedman Charles M
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , gestation , pediatrics , infant mortality , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , nursing , population , environmental health , genetics , biology
Intact survival of infants delivered before completion of the 26th week of gestation or weighing less than 500 g is a well known phenomenon. We recently cared for an infant whose birth weight was 380 g, making her one of the smallest survivors in the United States. Her hospitalization (including expenses), the techniques of our minimal intervention protocol and her 20‐month (corrected) follow‐up are presented together with a discussion of the moral, economic and social implications involved in the care of such an infant.