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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Lessons From the Survival of an Extremely Preterm Neonate Despite Challenges in a Country Where Gestational Age of Viability Is 28 Weeks.

Elim Kwasi Ahorlu, Andrew Mpagwuni Ziblim, Abdul-Hanan Saani Inusah, Barbara Swanzy-Asare, Edith Kissi

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5 authors.

Elim Kwasi AhorluDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health Pentecost Hospital Madina Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7621-4169
Andrew Mpagwuni ZiblimDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Management University of Ghana Medical Centre Legon Ghana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6428-6288
Abdul-Hanan Saani InusahDepartment of Internal Medicine Upper East Regional Hospital Bolgatanga Ghana.
Barbara Swanzy-AsareDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health Pentecost Hospital Madina Ghana.
Edith KissiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health Pentecost Hospital Madina Ghana.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Managing extremely preterm neonates with very low birth weight is challenging, especially in Ghana where viability is set at 28 weeks. This case highlights the complexities of neonatal care in low-resource settings and emphasizes the need for improvement in health systems to revise the age of viability.

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gestational age of viabilityhypoglycemianeonatal intensive care unitneonatal sepsispreterm neonatesvery low birth weight

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PMID40248606
PMCPMC12003553

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