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Air Pollution and Preterm Birth: A Scoping Review Focused on Preterm Birth Phenotype and Specific Lengths of Gestation. [PDF]

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Abellard L   +6 more
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LATE Preterm Birth

MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 2008
Late preterm infants are those born between 34 and 36 6/7 completed weeks' gestation. In the last decade, late preterm infants have become the fastest growing subset of preterm infants and now account for 74% of all preterm births. They are at greater risk for feeding problems, dehydration, hypothermia, jaundice, and hypoglycemia and are more likely to
Bradley A, Yoder   +2 more
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Late Preterm Birth: Preventable Prematurity?

Clinics in Perinatology, 2011
Prematurity is one of the leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality globally. Over the years, however, advances in medicine and technology have enhanced the ability to care for babies at very early gestations. There has also been a shift in the distribution of births away from term/post-term gestations and toward earlier gestational ages.
Sowmya S, Mohan, Lucky, Jain
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Late Preterm Birth: Management Dilemmas

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2012
In summary, late preterm birth results from spontaneous, indicated, and sometime elective indications. The burden of prematurity can be decreased if elective late preterm delivery is eliminated. While recent recommendations from the NICHD/SMFM workshop on timing of late preterm and early term birth have helped to guide management, the authors ...
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Late-Preterm Births: Challenges and Opportunities

Pediatrics, 2008
Until the 1980s, the phrase “near term” was used only as an adjective to identify research subjects (or study animals) close to term gestation.1–3 For unknown reasons, the phrase gradually assumed a wider, physiologic connotation. An ill-defined group of infants began to be labeled near term, which implied that they were “almost term” and, hence, there
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Late preterm birth.

Reviews in obstetrics & gynecology, 2011
In the United States, preterm birth rates continue to rise. Many reasons account for this increase, such as demographic changes, infertility treatments, increases in maternal age, more multiple gestations, increasing obesity rates, and maternal comorbid conditions.
Ryan W, Loftin   +5 more
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