Late preterm infants are infants born at a gestational age between 34+0⁄7 weeks and 36+6⁄7 weeks.[1] They have higher morbidity and mortality rates than term infants (gestational age ≥37 weeks) due to their relative physiologic and metabolic immaturity, even though they are often the size and weight of some term infants.[2][3] "Late preterm" has replaced "near term" to describe this group of infants, since near term incorrectly implies that these infants are "almost term" and only require routine neonatal care.[2]
In 2005, late-preterm births accounted for more than 70% of all preterm births (<37 weeks’ gestation), or approximately 377,000 infants. In fact, much of the increase in the preterm birth rate in recent years can be attributed to increases in late-preterm births.[1]
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Latepreterminfants are infants born at a gestational age between 34+0⁄7 weeks and 36+6⁄7 weeks. They have higher morbidity and mortality rates than term...
preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 28 and 32 weeks, early preterm birth occurs between 32 and 34 weeks, latepreterm birth...
weeks are "late term", and anything beyond 42 weeks is considered "post term". Before birth, the offspring is called a fetus. The term infant is typically...
of newborns and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterminfants. Data have shown the choice of elective caesarean sections to strikingly...
(December 2006). "Hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin toxicity in the latepreterminfant" (PDF). Clin Perinatol. 33 (4): 839–52, abstract ix. doi:10.1016/j...
triple test). Birth classification into for example preterm, term or postterm. Classification of infant deaths and stillbirths Postnatally (after birth)...
"mild preterm (32–36 weeks), very preterm (28–31 weeks) and extremely preterm (<28 weeks)". A lower gestational age increases the risk of infant mortality...
infant colic. The safety of probiotics in general and in infants, especially preterminfants, has been investigated in a limited number of controlled...
either caused by preterm birth (that is, a low gestational age at birth, commonly defined as younger than 37 weeks of gestation) or the infant being small...
possible perceptual differences at crawling age between human infants born preterm and human infants born at term without documented visual or motor impairments...
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"powerful, easy-to-use method to promote the health and well-being of infants born preterm as well as full-term", with its key components being: Early, continuous...
between Feeding Difficulties and Language Delay in PretermInfants Using Bayley Scales of Infant Development-Third Edition". The Journal of Pediatrics...
weeks, 55% of infants survive a preterm birth long enough to be discharged from the hospital, usually months later. Most of these infants experienced some...
Seoud, Iman A (2008). "Cup versus bottle feeding for hospitalized latepreterminfants in Egypt: A quasi-experimental study". International Breastfeeding...
(CPAP) or mechanical ventilation. Infant respiratory distress syndrome is the leading cause of death in preterminfants, and the main treatments are CPAP...
and medicine, survival for preterminfants with this type of neurological disorder has improved and less preterminfants with germinal matrix haemorrhage...
and later-life conditions, including diabetes, obesity, tobacco smoking, and intelligence. A low birth weight can be caused either by a preterm birth...
fluid or by ultrasound. If it occurs before 37 weeks it is known as PPROM (preterm prelabor rupture of membranes) otherwise it is known as term PROM. Treatment...
The Synactive Theory is the foundation of both: 1) the Assessment of PretermInfants’ Behavior (APIB), a standardized comprehensive newborn test, and 2)...
the chances of survival and health outcomes for preterminfants. If a pregnant woman enters preterm labour, delivery can be delayed by giving medications...
prior to the birth of the infant. Preterm or low birth weight neonates are more vulnerable to neonatal infection. While preterm neonates are at a particularly...
expecting a preterm birth. When administered, these steroids accelerate the maturation of the fetus' lungs, which reduces the likelihood of infant respiratory...
primary analysis group within the trial included 1,490 term and latepreterminfants (born at greater than or equal to 35 weeks in gestational age), 994...
even more so by the child's death. Preterm birth Blair, William M. (August 10, 1963). "Kennedys Mourn Death of Infant – Kennedys Mourning Baby Son; Funeral...
statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended feeding preterminfants human milk, finding "significant short- and long-term beneficial effects...
common in preterminfants. Independently from birth weight, preterms have higher rates of hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis dysfunction later in life...
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