Kristie McNealy, MD

A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at preemies born at gestational ages between 22 weeks 0 days and 25 weeks 6 days, and tried to find factors which would favor survival and impairment free survival. The study included 4446 infants, 83% of whom (3702) received intensive care [...]

Last May, a journalist named Caryl Rosenthal wrote an article for the American Chronicle, discussing the fate of micro preemies, born to teen, drug-addicted mothers at a single Texas hospital, and placed in the care of the State of Texas.  Her views on the resuscitation and treatment of these babies, which she felt was an [...]