OBJECTIVES: Evidence-based care of extremely preterm infants (< 28 weeks' gestation)
depends heavily on research in which a primary outcome is infant neurodevelopmental …

Compared with term infants, late preterm infants are immature physiologically and
metabolically, and have higher risks for medical complications such as respiratory distress …

Background Decisions regarding provision of intensive care and post-discharge follow-up
for infants born extremely preterm (< 28 weeks' gestation) are based on the risks of mortality …

OBJECTIVE: Methods are required to predict prognosis with changes in clinical course.
Death or neurodevelopmental impairment in extremely premature neonates can be …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of selected maternal medical conditions and complications
of pregnancy on the risk for morbidity among late preterm neonates. DESIGN: Prospective …

Background The aim of this study was to elucidate the role of gestational age in determining
the risk of neonatal morbidity among infants born late preterm (34–36 weeks) and early term …

Preterm birth affects 12.5% of all births in the USA. Infants of Black mothers are
disproportionately affected, with 1.5 times the risk of preterm birth and 3.4 times the risk of …

While early preterm outcome studies described the lives of preterm survivors to justify the
efforts required to save them, subsequent studies demonstrated their increased incidence of …

Two approaches were taken to determine what is new and where we are going in terms of
outcomes for the extremely premature infant: publications from 2004 to 2007 were reviewed …

Results: Male sex was significantly associated with higher birth weight, death or oxygen
dependency (72% vs. 61%, boys vs. girls), hospital stay (97 vs. 86 days), pulmonary …