Premature baby girl cared for by hospital staff - Photo: BUI HUAN
On March 15, Quang Nam Central General Hospital announced that the hospital had successfully kept alive a 30-week premature baby girl, after just over 5 weeks of intensive care and treatment.
At birth, the baby weighed only 850g, making it the lightest premature baby ever born at this hospital.
Previously, on February 5, pregnant woman PA (31 years old, residing in Binh Son district, Quang Ngai ) was hospitalized in a state of labor, severe eclampsia, the fetus was only 30 weeks old.
The mother was consulted and transferred for emergency cesarean section and the baby girl was born weighing only 850g.
After birth, the baby was cyanotic, had weak breathing, and a slow heart rate below 80 beats/minute. The baby was immediately resuscitated in the operating room.
The baby's complexion improved, its heart rate increased to over 100 beats per minute, and the doctors transferred it to the neonatal intensive care unit in the pediatrics department.
During treatment, the doctors put the baby on a ventilator, then switched to NCPAP. The baby was prescribed antibiotics, intravenous nutrition, had a blood transfusion, and was treated for apnea episodes with caffeine and vitamin supplements.
The baby's eyesight and hearing have been checked and are currently normal. After just over 5 weeks of intensive care, the baby is now developing well, weighing 1.7 kg, with stable vital signs, feeding well, and was discharged from the hospital on the morning of March 15th, much to the joy of family, doctors, and nurses.
Dr. Ly Vu Thi Bao Thanh, Head of the Pediatrics Department, said that if a pregnant woman shows signs of premature labor, she should go to the nearest medical facility so that doctors can intervene promptly.
After more than a month of hospital care and treatment, the premature baby girl was discharged on the morning of March 15 - Photo: BUI HUAN
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