Prematurity brings complications

A premature baby girl, weighing 1 pound and 4 ounces when she was born 22 weeks premature has overcome 4 months of intensive neonatal care, where she beat congenital heart disease with surgery, retinopathy of prematurity with laser surgery, and threats of blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, and lung disease. Normally babies of this gestational age have a high mortality or high morbidity, but as a kindergartener, the child is showing normal mental and expected physical development.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by News Advance.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Premature
• Congenital heart disease
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Cerebral palsy
• Lung disease

Related Symptom Topics:

• Blindness
• Deafness

Article Source Details

About: Prematurity brings complications

Date: 29 August 2005

Source: News Advance.com

Author: Cynthia T. Pegram

URL: http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784715950&path=

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of blindness
• Cause of deafness
• Cause of premature diseases
• Cause of congenital heart disease
• Cause of retinopathy of prematurity
• Cause of cerebral palsy
• Cause of lung disease
• Cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Cause of infant mortality
• Cause of slow development
• Cause of delayed development
• Cause of lower mental capacity
• Cause of neonatal mortality
• Cause of neonatal illness
• Risk and premature
• Risk and early delivery
• Risk and blindness
• Risk and deafness
• Risk and premature diseases
• Risk and congenital heart disease
• Risk and retinopathy of prematurity
• Risk and cerebral palsy
• Risk and lung disease
• Risk and acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Risk and infant mortality
• Risk and slow development
• Risk and delayed development
• Risk and lower mental capacity
• Risk and neonatal mortality
• Risk and neonatal illness

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