Neonatology
As Neonatology ( composite of Greek νέο -, neo-, " new " and Latin natus, "born" and Greek λογία, - logia - debate today how - lojía - "teaching", "science" ) is defined as
The neonatology in Germany is a recognized focus of Pediatrics. The focus term " neonatology " can be purchased after completion of a pediatric residency training and appropriate training in a neonatal facility. The Neonatology deals with the specific problems and their treatment of premature and ill newborns. In recent decades, medicine has made enormous progress in the field of neonatology. Better drugs that accelerate lung maturation, better ventilation equipment and monitoring devices for the cardiac actions ( ECG), Sauerstoff-/Kohlendioxidaustausch ( Kapnoden ), oxygen saturation meters are available.
The most common method in the apparatus diagnostics in premature and newborn infants are today:
The viability of premature births begins in the 23rd week of pregnancy, when the newborns have a birth weight of about 500 grams. In Germany, from the age of 24 weeks, the chance of survival at 50:50. Over the next few weeks of life the chance of survival increases rapidly in the 28th week she is already over 90 percent. The improved perinatal care of sick newborns today, infant mortality in Central Europe is significantly lower. In numbers: In Austria, the infant mortality rate fell from 14.3 deaths in the first year of life per 1,000 live births in 1980 to 3.6 in 2011.