A new journal for a new era in neonatology

A new journal for a new era in neonatology Editorial (2735) Total Article Views Authors: Robert L Schelonka Published Date March 2011 Volume 2011:1 Pages 13 - 14 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RRN.S17677 Robert L Schelonka Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA The specialty of neonatal medicine is young, only about 50 years old by most accounts. Despite its youth, the magnitude and pace of discovery in our field has been dizzying. Little seems more illustrative of this than considering a 1-kg infant who was born in 1960 had a mortality risk of 95%; however, by the year 2000, a 1-kg infant had a 95% chance of surviving.1 This remarkable progress has been fueled by the fact that clinicians and investigators alike have embraced discovery in our field. I recently searched PubMed under the broad topic of “neonate” and received over half a million hits; the search term “preterm infant” yielded 34,000 hits, and the terms “infection in neonates”, a particular research interest of mine, gave 50,000 hits. Given this degree of scholarly activity in our field, one might conclude we have already answered the important questions we face when caring for newborn infants. Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Readers of this article also read: Evidence-based decision-making within the context of globalization: A “Why–What–How” for leaders and managers of health care organizations "Globalized public health.” A transdisciplinary comprehensive framework for analyzing contemporary globalization’s influences on the field of public health Prolonged rupture of membranes in term infants: should all babies be screened? Congenital malformations in Ecuadorian children: urgent need to create a National Registry of Birth Defects Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter lwoffii infection in neonatal intensive care units Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis Alternative therapies for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants Respiratory management of the preterm newborn in the delivery room Current pharmacotherapy in the newborn