PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 6 December 1980, pp. 985-987
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Improved Survival of Ventilated Neonates with Modern Intensive Care

Richard L. Schreiner MD1, Jeffrey A. Kisling 1, G. Michael Evans 1, Susan Phillips 1, James A. Lemons MD1, and Edwin L. Gresham MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, and James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis

The records of 909 infants who required mechanical ventilation over a 42-month period were reviewed; 68.3% of the infants survived. The highest survival rate was in infants with persistent fetal circulation and hyaline membrane disease, and the lowest in infants with congenital anomalies and miscellaneous diseases. The survival rate for each year of the 3frac12-year study increased from the previous year. There was also a dramatic increase in the survival rate in infants with a birth weight greater than 1,250 gm.

Submitted on November 5, 1979
Accepted on April 14, 1980