Physiologic Underpinnings for Clinical Problems in Moderately Preterm and Late Preterm Infants

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 645-663

  Sahni, Rakesh ^a   Polin, Richard A ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brain dysmaturity; Gastrointestinal immaturity; Glucose homeostasis; Hepatic immaturity; Immunologic immaturity; Respiratory morbidities; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUNG SURFACTANT; NITRIC OXIDE; OPSONIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN APNEA; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN;

BRAIN DYSMATURITY; GASTROINTESTINAL IMMATURITY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEPATIC IMMATURITY; IMMUNOLOGIC IMMATURITY; RESPIRATORY MORBIDITIES; THERMOREGULATION;

GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84886952894     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.07.012     Document Type: Review

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