The incidence of premature delivery has increased substantially in the past decade, such that 6–10% of all births in the Western world are premature (1). Moreover, as a result of marked advances in ...

Advances in neonatal care have markedly improved the survival of preterm infants such that neonates as young as 26 wk gestation (term = 37 wk) now have a 60–80% chance of survival (1,2). There is ...