“…The most studied medical complication among preterms has been respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), which occurs in 40% of all preterms, with a higher incidence in very low birthweight groups (Ambrus, BVeintraub, Niswander, Fisch, Fleishman, Bross, & Ambrus, 1970;Marriage & Davies, 1977;Robertson & Crichton, 1969). However, RDS is only one of a number of medical complications that preterm infants may suffer.…”