THE USE OF METHYL TESTOSTERONE IN THE TREATMENT OF PREMATURE INFANTS

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“SPECIAL studies have shown that at least 5 per cent of all infants born alive are born prematurely. This means that more than 114,000 infants were born prematurely in the United States in 1938. In the same year, more than 31,000 neonatal deaths were reported by the United States Census as directly due to premature birth. The national neonatal mortality rate from this cause in 1938 was 13.9 per thousand live births” (6). In the State of California, there were 47.0 prematurities per 1000 live births in 1943 and 52.1 per 1000 in 1944. These figures indicate the importance of the problem, since the incidence of prematurity for California, at least, has apparently increased above that predicted for the birth rate. Because of the difficulty in estimating prematurity from any single criterion, particularly from the period of gestation, the American Academy of Pediatrics advocated several years ago, that a standard measure of weight be used, and that all infants weighing 2500 gm. (approximately five-and-one-half pounds) or less, be determined premature.

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