Costarino A T, Baumgart S
Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Clin Perinatol. 1988 Dec;15(4):863-78.
This article reviews the concept of maintenance therapy and describes the pertinent physiologic changes associated with premature infants transition to extra-uterine life. These discussions provide the background for the major controversies surrounding this therapy.
