Neonatal management and safe discharge of late and moderate preterm infants

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-158

  Whyte, Robin K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apnea; Body temperature regulation; Feeding methods; Late preterm infants; Low birth weight; Moderate preterm infants

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; COMMUNITY CARE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEEDING; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN APNEA; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84858754280     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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