Kristie McNealy, MD

Despite medical advances and more aggressive care, a recent study has yielded disappointing results about the survival of preemies at the edge of viability.  The study, out of Johns Hopkins, compared the mortality rate and interventions provided to preemies born between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy between 1993 and 1995 to preemies born at [...]

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 [...]