Review of perinatal statistics at Denver General Hospital over the past decade shows (1) that perinatal mortality has dropped about 50% but (2) that the incidence of infants born weighing less than 2500 grams is still 14% which is far too high. 1971 data indicate that (1) a substantial number of mothers delivering truly premature or small-for-gestational-age infants are %ormal” and without appa...

In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant incubator is a medical device that maintains stable conditions and a germ free environment for premature infants born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy [2]. Records show that physicians had used infant incubators since 1835. However, Jea...

It is the purpose of this review to state simply but in detail the present program for the care of the premature infant carried out by the Department of Pediatrics of the Yale University School of Medicine. This program is not remarkable for its uniqueness nor originality, but it is notable that this program has remained with only minor modifications for the past twenty years.' The goal of the ...

In 2015, the neonatal guidelines for resuscitation were published with several new treatment guidelines. Many of these are highlighted in this review. They included changes in the algorithm, timing of cord clamping in the preterm infant, optimizing detection of heart rate after birth, maintaining the premature infant temperature in the delivery room, initiating oxygen use during resuscitation, ...

In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant incubator is a medical device that maintains stable conditions and a germ free environment for premature infants born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy [2]. Records show that physicians had used infant incubators since 1835. However, Jea...

In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant incubator is a medical device that maintains stable conditions and a germ free environment for premature infants born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy [2]. Records show that physicians had used infant incubators since 1835. However, Jea...

In the nineteenth century, obstetricians in Europe began to construct devices to incubate infants in increasingly controlled environments. The infant incubator is a medical device that maintains stable conditions and a germ free environment for premature infants born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy [2]. Records show that physicians had used infant incubators since 1835. However, Jea...

Delaware's high infant mortality rate continues to be driven by an increasing number of premature births. Premature birth is a complex problem with both social and medical roots. Based on the CDC road map, programs aimed at improving preconception health of women of childbearing age are blossoming in Delaware. In addition, Delaware's infant mortality rate can only be reduced if we are able to d...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the infant temperaments of children with cerebral palsy due to premature birth. [Subjects and Methods] Data were collected through questionnaires sent to 118 mothers of infants diagnosed with cerebral palsy due to premature birth. [Results] Different infant temperament scores were obtained according to the degrees of disability, type of palsy, ...