Case Report: Survival of an Infant with a Birthweight of 345 Grams

Authors :: Charles E. Mercier
David M. Sherer
James R. Woods
Jacques S. Abramowicz
Shirley L. Bennett
Source :: Birth. 19:151-153
Publication Year :: 1992
Publisher :: Wiley, 1992.
Abstract: Infant survival with ever-decreasing birthweights is attainable with recent advances in maternal-fetal medicine and enhanced neonatal intensive care. We report a gestation complicated by severe chronic hypertension and fetal distress necessitating delivery at 26 1/7 weeks. The growth-retarded newborn weighed 345 g (12 oz) and survived with minimal sequelae despite a protracted and complicated neonatal course.