Case report: survival of an infant with a birthweight of 345 grams.
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 weighted 345 g (12 oz) and survived with minimal sequelae despite a protracted and complicated neonatal course.
Sherer
D M
DM
Abramowicz
J S
JS
Bennett
S L
SL
Mercier
C E
CE
Woods
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D011247:Pregnancy