Rainbow Children hospital gives life to infant born in just 22 weeks
UNI Sep 26, 2019
A team of expert neonatologists at a private hospital gave life to a infant which was born in just 22 weeks of pregnancy.
A team of experts led by Dr. Rahul Yadav at Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Chennai explained to media, the successful treatment given to baby boy, who was born during second trimester, at 22 weeks weighing 510 gms. The baby was born to Ms Geetha, a 38-year-old mother from Chennai. She gave birth to twins at 22 weeks of gestation owing to pre-labour rupture of membrane. The babies were initially born and managed in NICU elsewhere. However, one of the twin babies passed away within few days. The other baby twin was transferred to Rainbow Hospital on the fourth day of life, for further management of prematurity and respiratory distress.
The baby not only faced difficulty in breathing, but also had gelatinous skin, weak bones and Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (a chronic lung disease). Weighing only 380 gms at the time of admission, the baby required extensive supervision and 24x7 intensive support to survive and recover. Scientifically, the success rate of survival of babies born in the second trimester, at 22 weeks, is almost nil and very rare. However, Dr Rahul Yadav, Lead Consultant, Perinatology and Neonatology, along with his team, Dr Shobana Rajendran, Senior Consultant, Neonatology and Dr Arun Kumar, Senior Consultant, Neonatology, have treated the baby in a double walled incubator by assisting the baby to breathe using surfactants and ventilator.
Additionally, the doctors supported the baby with nutritional rehabilitation and non-invasive respiratory support and developmental supportive care. Dr Rahul Yadav said knowing that the survival rate of a 22-week-old baby was very low, the responsibility of saving the baby was very high. 'Our team stretched themselves to bring about a remarkable difference to the life of the child and to its parents by improving the health and now the child has gained good weight and was pretty stable''. ''This was only possible due to the confidence placed by the parents in my team”, he said.
''Having successfully treated five extremely pre-term babies, who were born before 25 weeks, in the last one year, we would like to emphasize that there is life for pre-term babies born with low chances of survival'', he said.
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