(568) newborn cases
Dr. Al-Aql to "Al-Riyadh": Carelessness in following up pregnancy leads to the birth of premature babies. Cautioned Newborn Consultant and Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Department at the Children''s Hospital of King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Fahad Al-Aql from the negligence of a pregnant woman in not following her pregnancy from the beginning, as this may expose her to Premature birth or premature birth.
Dr. Al-Aql said in a statement to "Al-Riyadh": Following up the pregnancy from the beginning, the doctor, God willing, was able to discover the possibility of premature birth, which enables him to avoid this by giving proven medicines and appropriate medical advice such as rest and others. It is not clear to everyone what a psychological crisis may be caused by the birth of a premature baby. For parents and troubles for the child during his admission in intensive care, which, God willing, can be avoided by following up from the beginning.
He explained: The Neonatal Intensive Care Department at the Children''s Hospital of King Fahd Medical City received (568) cases of newborns last year, indicating that there are cases of children whose weight is five hundred grams at birth or more or the gestational age is 23 weeks and they are resuscitated, as it takes their presence In neonatal intensive care, several months may last up to 3 or 4 months, after which the child''s condition must be monitored through outpatient clinics.
He indicated that the chance of life for these people may be much less than what is expected even in developed countries. In a study conducted in America on more than 11 thousand children, the percentage of those who lived after birth at 23 weeks of pregnancy did not exceed 25%, and the percentage of those who lived naturally without disabilities. Severe, not exceeding 14%, so that the percentage of disability reaches 85% for this group of children, and the type of disability may vary and be different.
At the end of his speech, he said that there is a specialized program to follow up high-risk children after their discharge from the hospital, during which the growth and mental and motor development is monitored through a group of specialized clinics periodically during the first years of the child''s life and this program provided by the Children''s Hospital in King Fahd Medical City is the program The first integrated in the Kingdom, which was launched more than a year ago, as it consists of multiple specialties coordinated with each other to follow up the high-risk child, and these specialties consist of a neonatal consultant, an ophthalmologist, a swallowing and speech specialist, an audiologist, a nutritionist and a physiotherapist, and it is done through this program Through these integrated clinics, the child is examined in all respects, so that at the end of the clinic, a meeting will be held in the presence of the entire team to come out with an integrated evaluation, then discuss the treatment plan and determine future appointments.
