Survival of Infants Born at/after 22 Weeks has Significantly Improved

Advocating for neonatology presence at births between 20 and 25 weeks of gestation

Survival for infants born at 22 weeks has improved dramatically when active care is offered as shown in a recent JAMA article. 22 weeks is now the new threshold for viability. Not 23 or 24 weeks. Yet many hospitals still fail to require neonatal team attendance at these births. Our prior article (PMID: 39448333) urges institutions to end this harmful ga…