Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Oct 2011
Historical ArticleNeonatal revolution - the introduction of PEEP.
Fifty years ago, a baby born at 24-26 weeks was not considered viable. It was a tragedy for the mother having carried it for so long. I witnessed such an event as a student. ⋯ The X-ray appearances of RDS disappeared. Unfortunately, one died of portal vein thrombosis because the drugs were administered by umbilical catheter, which were commonly used at the time. The other one recovered but the physicians then said the diagnosis must have been wrong!