PEDIATRICS Vol. 72 No. 6 December 1983, pp. 912
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Outcome of Complicated Pregnancies of Less Than 27 Weeks of Gestation

FORREST C. BENNETT MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Child Development and Mental Retardation Center (WJ-10), University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

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I would certainly agree with Kilbridge and Elliot that obtaining outcome information from perinatal teams utilizing specified management approaches is the optimum. Attitudes of obstetricians and pediatricians about extremely low-birth-weight infants can influence both mortality and morbidity. Thus, the necessity for consistent cooperation and communication in the care of the extremely premature maternal-fetal unit is increasingly important both clinically and medicolegally. The surprisingly good early outcome of many extremely low-birth-weight survivors, as reported by us and others, mandates such an approach.