Therapeutic drift in newborn care-an evaluation of common practices with little or no evidence

Few areas of medicine have had as much success as newborn care, one of the younger pediatric subspecialties. The term “neonatology” was only introduced in the 1960`s when the majority of preterm infants died soon after birth, mostly from respiratory failure. Today more than 75% of very preterm infants will survive to discharge, including those born at the very limits of viability. These astounding achievements would not have been possible without ground-breaking basic and translational research and thoughtful but cautious implementation of discovery into clinical practice.
Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research