Management of the Late Preterm Infant: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 439-451

  Horgan, Michael J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature regulation; Feeding difficulties; Hypoglycemia; Late preterm; Near term; Respiratory immaturity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; COLD STRESS; COMORBIDITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN; COMPLICATION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931031836     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2014.11.007     Document Type: Review

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