Saving the life of a premature baby with respiratory failure and severe neonatal infection
(Baonghean.vn) - The Department of Neonatology - Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital has just successfully saved the life of a premature baby with respiratory failure and severe neonatal infection.
Information from the Department of Neonatology -Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, doctors received an 11-day-old baby boy, admitted and transferred from Ha Tinh General Hospital in a state of respiratory failure, weak constitution, malnutrition, gray hair on the forehead, poor sucking reflex, sepsis, and a serious prognosis. The baby was contacted by doctors at Ha Tinh General Hospital to be transferred to a higher-level hospital. Doctors at the Central Neonatal Center advised the patient's family to transfer to Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for treatment.
Pediatric is a young caseprematureIn particular, at week 32, the baby weighed only 1.1 kg. The baby's family situation is extremely difficult. The baby's father was born deaf and mute; the first son of the family also has congenital deafness and muteness. Ms. D. (the baby's mother) had Type 2 diabetes while pregnant and was hospitalized twice for treatment due to hypoglycemia coma.
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Children are cared for using the Kangaroo method. Photo: Viet Ha |
Doctors of the Department of Neonatology - Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital have connected with the Neonatology specialist of the Neonatal Center of the National Children's Hospital to come up with a treatment regimen with active measures. The baby is treated in an incubator, given intravenous nutrition, and then cared for using the Kangaroo method.
After 27 days of treatment at the Neonatal Department, the baby weighed 1.9 kg. The baby was breathing on his own, had suckling reflexes and was able to eat breast milk. Currently, the baby's health is stable and he has been discharged home into the loving arms of his family.
Master Doan Thi Thanh Binh - Head of the Department of Neonatology said: Premature babies have weak and immature organs, especially the lungs, so they often suffer from dangerous neonatal diseases such as severe respiratory distress syndrome, neonatal infections... If not resuscitated promptly with modern equipment and resuscitation techniques, the baby may die.
Doctors at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital recommend: Pregnant mothers should have prenatal checkups according to the instructions of obstetricians, take good care of the pregnancy to avoid premature birth. Breastfeed the baby immediately after birth within the first 1-2 hours, exclusively breastfeed the baby, helping the baby's resistance to be good because breast milk already contains the necessary antibodies. If premature birth occurs, mothers should go to a specialized neonatal medical facility for the best treatment.
With solid experience and expertise in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and constantly updating modern obstetrics and gynecology and pediatric treatment and emergency methods, over the past time, doctors at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital have diagnosed and provided timely and effective treatment, successfully saving the lives of many premature infants from 26 weeks to 36 weeks old, creating people's trust in the capacity and qualifications of the medical team and the quality of medical services in the province./.
Kangaroo Mother Care is a method of caring for premature or low birth weight babies by placing them in skin-to-skin contact on the mother's chest. Babies cared for using the Kangaroo Mother Care method often sleep peacefully, cry less, and have a well-regulated sleep cycle, so they sleep better and can wake up on their own to breastfeed.
In addition, this method also helps control the baby's body temperature, maintaining it at a stable level of 37°C thanks to the mother's temperature. Thanks to the Kangaroo method, babies avoid physiological apnea, help regulate heart rate, support brain development, avoid neonatal infections, gastroesophageal reflux...
