�ber die M�glichkeit des Einsatzes einer Herz-Lungenmaschine bei Neugeborenen

The first 40 years – a subjective review

“…Under the present understanding of the different disciplinary competencies and the demarcation between the disciplines of obstetrics and pediatrics, it may Brought to you by | Freie Universität Berlin Authenticated Download Date | 6/28/15 11:09 AM seem strange that I, as an obstetrician, improved methods for treatment of the newborn such as resuscitation including intubation, catheterization of the aorta of the newborn and a new blood exchange technique, or made practical advances in the use of extracorporeal blood oxygenation in cases in which artificial respiration in newborns was not performable [18]. Bearing such historical facts in mind, it is perhaps better understandable that such achievements contributed towards my being given the honorable title "Father of Perinatal Medicine," in a new field that combined both obstetrics and neonatology.…”