| Popis: |
Infants with very low birth weight (VLBW) and respiratory disease have dominated neonatal intensive care units during recent decades. However, the pattern of morbidity has changed lately, and both the severity of the lung disorders and the number of sick neonates are decreasing. Improved pre- and postnatal care with increased use of prenatal maternal steroid treatment, exogenous surfactant, improved ventilatory techniques and methods for extracorporeal gas exchange are factors that might contribute to the change in both morbidity and mortality of newborn infants. |
