纽约长老会医院威尔康奈尔医学中心(NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center)负责新生儿特别护理的医务主任杰弗里·M·佩尔曼(Jeffrey M. Perlman)则有不同看法。他表示，很重要的一点是，要考虑到新生儿待在特护室的长达数月的时间里，可能会“像参加障碍赛，或是坐飞机时遇到了严重的气流，每一次下降都可能会影响大脑”。

At his hospital, “we go after the 24-weekers,” he said. “If it’s 23, we will talk to the family and explain to them that for us it’s an unknown pathway. At 22 weeks, in my opinion, the outcomes are so dismal that I don’t recommend any interventions.”

在他所在的医院，“我们会救治24周出生的早产儿，”他说。“如果是23周，我们会和家人沟通，向他们解释，我们不知道未来会发生什么。如果是22周，我个人认为，结果非常悲观，我不建议进行任何干预。”

Dr. Bell pointed to success stories, including Chrissy Hutchinson, 32, of Manchester, Iowa. Her water broke in 2010 when she was 21 weeks and six days pregnant. The first hospital she went to “said there really was no chance of survival, and if the baby was born not breathing that they weren’t going to resuscitate or anything,” she said.

贝尔医生列举了一些成功的例子，比如艾奥瓦州曼彻斯特的克丽茜·哈钦森(Chrissy Hutchinson)。哈钦森现年32岁，2010年，她在怀孕21周零六天之后羊水破了。她去就诊的第一家医院“说不可能存活，如果胎儿出来之后没有呼吸，他们也不会采取复苏措施，”她说。

The Hutchinsons called the University of Iowa, and there, at 22 weeks and one day, Alexis was delivered, weighing 1.1 pounds. Alexis was treated and stayed in neonatal intensive care for almost five months. Now, Ms. Hutchinson, a pharmacy technician, said, aside from being more vulnerable to respiratory viruses, Alexis is a healthy 5-year-old.

哈钦森一家给艾奥瓦大学打了电话，在那里，亚力克西丝(Alexis)在孕育22周零一天后诞生了，当时体重之有1.1磅（约0.5公斤）。她在新生儿重症监护室待了近五个月，并接受了治疗。如今，从事药剂师工作的哈钦森女士说，亚力克西丝五岁了，除了呼吸系统比较容易受到细菌侵袭之外，她很健康。

Some of the study’s results suggest that among 22-week-olds who are treated, experiences like the Hutchinsons’ would be exceedingly rare because Ms. Hutchinson delivered so close to 22 weeks and did not have time for corticosteroids beforehand.

这项研究的一些结果显示，在接受治疗的22周的胎儿中，哈钦森家这样的例子极其罕见，因为哈钦森女士分娩时孕期才刚过22周，产前也没来得及给她服用皮质类固醇激素。