Health Issues of the Late Preterm Infant  

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Ramachandrappa, Ashwin ; Jain, Lucky

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Pediatric Clinics of North America vol. 56 no. 03 (Jun. 2009), page 565-578.
Topik: Advances in Neonatology

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: P13.K.2009.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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“Late preterm” birth is not such an unusual occurrence; in fact these infants were the first group of premature infants who pediatricians learned to treat, and did so with such remarkable success that physicians no lon¬ger consider them to be of high risk. So, why the sudden interest in this group? There is now enough evidence that this population is not as benign as previously thought. They have increased mortality when compared to term infants and are at increased risk for complications including transient tachypnea of newborn (TTN), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), persis¬tent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), respiratory failure, temperatureinstability, iaundice, feeding difficulties and prolonged neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay. Evidence is currently emerging that late preterm infants make up a majority of preterm births, take up significant resources, have increased mortality/morbidity, and may even have long-term neurodevelopmental consequences secondary to their late prematurity.

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