Omer, M. I. A., Robson, E., and Neligan, G. A. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 219. Can initial resuscitation of preterm babies reduce the death rate from hyaline membrane disease? Retrospective analysis of the case records of 465 babies with a birthweight between 10 kg and 2 0 kg, born during 1960-67, showed that 17 9% were described as 'blue' on arrival in the special care nurse...