Introduction/Preface Part II
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: Ju Lee Oei, Richard J. Martin Source Type: research