Neonatal mortality rate: Is further improvement possible?

A simplified score for assessment of fetal maturation of newly born infants

Jeanne L. Ballard, Kathy Kazmaier Novak, Marshall Driver · The Journal of Pediatrics · 1979 · 938 citations

Medicine, Developmental Biology, Pediatrics +12

A multicenter study of preterm birth weight and gestational age—specific neonatal mortality

Rachel L. Copper, Robert L. Goldenberg, Robert K. Creasy et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1993 · 298 citations

Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics +14

Decreasing mortality associated with the introduction of surfactant therapy: an observational study of neonates weighing 601 to 1300 grams at birth. The Members of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network.

Jeffrey D. Horbar, Elizabeth C. Wright, Lynn Onstad · PubMed · 1993 · 187 citations

Public Health, Child Health, Pediatrics +17

Decreasing Mortality Associated With the Introduction of Surfactant Therapy: An Observational Study of Neonates Weighing 601 to 1300 Grams at Birth

Jeffrey D. Horbar, Elizabeth C. Wright, Lynn Onstad · PEDIATRICS · 1993 · 161 citations

Public Health, Child Health, Pediatrics +17

The very low-birth-weight rate: Principal predictor of neonatal mortality in industrialized populations

Kwang‐Sun Lee, Nigel Paneth, Lawrence M. Gartner et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics · 1980 · 112 citations

Public Health, Maternal Health, Pediatrics +16