Ospedale Maggiore doctors save premature newborn via emergency procedure

Medical staff at the Ospedale Maggiore in Parma successfully performed an emergency procedure to save a premature newborn weighing approximately one kilogram. The infant, born at 28 weeks of gestation, experienced a sudden clinical deterioration characterized by extreme bradycardia.

Neonatologist Antonio Di Peri identified a significant pericardial effusion via bedside ultrasound, which posed an immediate risk of cardiac tamponade. To relieve the pressure on the heart, the medical team performed a pericardiocentesis, aspirating approximately 10 milliliters of fluid from the pericardial cavity. The procedure was carried out by Dr. Di Peri, assisted by resident Eleonora Alfieri and nursing staff Simona Orlandini, Ivana Marcone, and Emanuele Busi.