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Survival of a 390 grams Swiss infant
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Berne, Switzerland.
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
It is vital for the survival of the neonate that birth should not occur until the fetal organ systems are sufficiently mature. Nowadays, infants with birth weight 750 g or less lead to ethical dilemmas concerning the value of treating extremely preterm infants. We report the survival of a 390 g girl born in the 25 and 3/7 week of gestation. In the last years, problems associated with extreme prematurity have become more clearly defined improving the outcome of these babies.