Recently, the Department of Neonatal Medicine First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical College has made new breakthroughs in the treatment of premature babies with and . A very low-birth weight premature baby with a gestational age of 29+5 weeks and weighing only 1360 grams has grown to 1900 grams under the careful protection of medical staff and has been discharged from the hospital successfully.
"A 29+5 week old woman, membrane breaks prematurely and is about to give birth!" The time went back to 4 pm on September 16, and the neonatal department quickly rushed to the delivery room after receiving an emergency consultation call and prepared various rescue measures in full swing. Half an hour later, the baby was born safely. Accompanied by the neonatal physician and nurse, Xiao Cherry was transferred to the neonatal care unit. At this time, the little cherry weighed only 1360 grams, which was a very low birth weight baby. Department director Han Changqing told reporters that the growth process of every premature baby is like passing through the level, breathing, circulation, nutrition, and infection. Every level is full of traps, and if you are negligent, all your efforts will be wasted. Medical staff must make arrangements in advance, strictly guard against each other, and help premature babies overcome every difficulty safely.
Normal neonates weigh mostly 2.5-4 kg, and the average weight is 3.2 kg. The newly born cherry not only has an extremely low weight, but also encountered the first difficulty in life - the breathing barrier, as medical staff expected. Little Cherry breathed shallow and fast since birth, reaching 70 times per minute. According to its situation, the doctor formulated a detailed diagnosis and treatment plan: in order to improve its sense of security and comfort, the Little Cherry was placed in a warm "bird's nest" (insulated box); because Little Cherry respiratory center is immature, and apnea frequently occurs during the hospitalization. Medical staff placed it with water bed , and intravenously pumped caffeine injection to stimulate respiratory treatment; when Little Cherry's heart ultrasound prompted that arterial catheter was not closed, the medical staff accompanied him in real time, and immediately gave oral ibuprofen suspension drops to close the arterial catheter, and gave furosemide to reduce edema of and heart load.
solves the respiratory problem, and nutritional supplementation becomes the primary problem. Breast milk is full of moisture and has high nutritional value, and is the most ideal and natural food. Due to the small gestational age, the cherry cannot be fed orally for the time being, so the medical staff took a different approach and drip milk through the gastric tube. Babies have poor gastrointestinal function. In order to provide children with fresh milk in a timely manner, medical staff encourage parents to actively send breast milk, and receive at any time without limit, so as to ensure that Xiao Cherry is fully breastfeeded during hospitalization. The process was not smooth either. Cherry had gastric retention many times and her belly was bloated like a bulge. Medical staff repeatedly relieved their abdominal distension through abdominal massage, touching oral exercise interventions and other measures.
insist on taking a bath, oral care, and turning over and knocking on the back to increase its comfort. In order to promote the development of nervous system and at the same time relieve the mother's longing, the department specially invited Xiao Cherry's mother to the ward for kangaroo-style nursing training, and guided the feeding and nursing step by step. After 40 days of careful treatment and care by medical staff, Xiao Cherry safely overcomes many difficulties, weighs 1,900 grams, has a milk volume of 25 ml each time, and is no longer nasal feeding, and can suck independently. All indicators have returned to normal. They have been discharged from the hospital a few days ago and have been reunited with their parents.
Xi'an Press All Media Reporter Wang Jiangli Photo provided by the interviewed unit
