Late preterm birth: Preventable prematurity?

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-555

  Mohan, Sowmya S ^a   Jain, Lucky ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant morbidity; Infant mortality; Late preterm birth; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECLAMPSIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JAUNDICE; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052289588     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.06.005     Document Type: Review

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