Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome - Famous Victims

Famous Victims

  • In 1963, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died of RDS two days after his premature birth at 34 weeks gestation.
  • In 1992, Freddie Highmore survived RDS after being born at 29 weeks gestation.

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