On June 23, Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital said that the unit had successfully treated, supported and discharged a premature baby girl at week 27 of pregnancy, weighing only 720 grams. This is the child of a tourist couple from Singapore.
After more than 3 months of care and intensive treatment at the hospital, the baby's health has now stabilized, he breathes well on his own, sucks well and reaches a weight of 2,655 grams on the day of discharge.
Previously, on March 16, a Singaporean pregnant woman was hospitalized in a state of child pregnancy at 25 weeks and 4 days. Through examination, doctors determined that the pregnant woman suffered from severe pre-eclampsia accompanied by pleural effusion, hyponatremia and was monitored for heart failure.
It is known that the pregnant woman and her husband went to Da Nang for tourism and planned to return to Singapore to prepare for their first child. However, right before the flight back home, the pregnant woman showed abnormal symptoms, so she had to be urgently hospitalized.
At the hospital, doctors conducted intensive internal medicine treatment with the goal of maximizing pregnancy to create conditions for the fetus to continue to develop in the mother's womb. However, after nearly 2 weeks of close monitoring, the fetus showed signs of severe fetal distress. Faced with a dangerous situation threatening the lives of both mother and baby, the inter-specialized team of Obstetrics and Pediatrics consulted and decided to perform emergency cesarean section on the afternoon of March 27.
The baby girl was born at 27 weeks and 1 day of gestation, weighing only 720 grams. This is a case of extremely premature and extremely underweight babies. Immediately after birth, the baby was immediately supported with respiratory support, implemented initial intensive newborn care measures and immediately transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for further intensive treatment.
Representatives of Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital - informed that due to premature birth, babies face many serious medical risks due to organs not yet fully developed such as neonatal respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, still-existing arteries, hypoglycemia and neonatal infections. In addition, premature babies are also at high risk of ventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enteritis and many other complex complications.
Throughout 87 days of treatment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, doctors and nurses applied many synchronous resuscitation and intensive care measures. After overcoming the critical stage, the baby was successfully removed from the ventilator and switched to non-invasive respiratory support.
The baby's breastfeeding diet is controlled and calculated in detail daily to ensure reasonable growth, while minimizing the risk of digestive complications. Periodic monitoring results show that the child does not have ventricular bleeding, and the screening progress of retinal disease in premature infants (ROP) is favorable. When the physical condition is more stable, the baby is applied the Kangaroo method (skin-to-skin), practices breastfeeding and gradually reaches developmental milestones suitable for the corrected gestational age.
By June 22, the baby was officially discharged from the hospital when he reached the corrected gestational age of 39 weeks, his weight increased to 2,655 grams, his vital signs were stable and he was healthy enough to take a flight home with his family.
Before leaving Vietnam, the baby's father sent a letter of deep gratitude to the medical staff of Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, expressing his appreciation for the spirit of responsibility, dedication and expertise of the medical staff who have accompanied the family through a difficult period.
