s ▁death ▁made ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁a ▁" p iv otal ▁year " ▁for ▁ne on at ology , ▁still ▁a ▁relatively ▁new ▁field ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁according ▁to ▁an ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁field ' s ▁history ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Ne on at ology . ▁The ▁increased ▁public ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁H MD ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁corresponding ▁increase ▁in ▁research ▁of ▁the ▁disease , ▁sp urr ing ▁development ▁of ▁new ▁medical ▁vent il ators , ▁blood ▁gas ▁tests , ▁and ▁new born ▁int ensive ▁care ▁practices ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Europe . ▁The ▁first ▁tri als ▁of ▁a ▁potential ▁treatment ▁for ▁H MD , ▁di pal m ito yl ph osph at id yl ch oline , ▁were ▁published ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁years , ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁considered ▁a ▁clin ical ▁success . ▁According ▁to ▁Dr . ▁Su has ▁M . ▁N af day , ▁director ▁of ▁New born ▁Services ▁at ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Hospital ▁at ▁Monte fi ore ▁Medical ▁Center ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁the ▁child ' s ▁death ▁" ener g ized ▁the ▁ne on atal ▁research ers ▁into ▁action ▁to ▁look ▁for ▁an ▁effective ▁management ▁of ▁resp ir atory ▁dist ress ▁synd rome ." ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁adv ances ▁in ▁clin ical ▁medicine , ▁research er ▁Thor ▁Hans en ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁" med ical ▁profession ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁tools ▁to ▁help " ▁Kennedy , ▁" the ▁new born ▁son ▁of ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁man ▁in