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Premature birth (also known as preterm birth, or premie) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks. Premature babies are sometimes called preemies. About 12 percent of babies in the United States — or 1 in 8 — are born prematurely each year. In 2003, more than 490,000 babies in the U.S. were born prematurely. The shorter the term of pregnancy is, the greater the risks of complications. Infants born prem ...
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Resources
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Anticipating the Birth of a Premature Infant (University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics)
- Apnea of Prematurity (Nemours Foundation)
- Artificial Nipples: Do They Affect Breastfeeding in Preemies? (Nemours Foundation)
- Car Seats for Children with Special Needs - Premature Babies (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Infant, Premature, Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
- Cognitive Abilities Increase Significantly with Time in Most Prematurely Born Children (National Institutes of Health)
- Common Diagnoses in the NICU (Nemours Foundation)
- Educational Lag for Premature Infants Persists Into Adulthood (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Even Moderately Premature Birth Poses Risk for Developmental Delays (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- FASTATS: Birthweight and Gestation (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Finding a Certified Pediatrician (American Board of Pediatrics)
- Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Infant Mortality Rates, Live Births and Infant Deaths by Selected Characteristics, 2000 (National Center for Health Statistics) - Links to PDF File
- Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics)
- JAMA Patient Page: Care of Premature Infants (American Medical Association)
- KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
- Leaving the NICU (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Low Birthweight (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Low Birthweight, Early Births Found Among Infants Near Hazardous Landfill (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Medical Equipment at Home (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- NICU Glossary (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Parenting in the NICU (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Parenting in the NICU: Feeding Your Baby (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Paying for NICU Care (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States
- Preemies Show Little Benefit from Routine Morphine Treatment for Pain (Nemours Foundation)
- Premature Babies (Medline Plus)
- Premature Babies (National Institutes of Health)
- Premature Babies: Growth and Development (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Premature Babies: Special Health Issues (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Premature Babies: Understanding Their Needs (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Premature Birth (MayoClinic)
- Prematurity Facts (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Preterm Labor (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Primer on Preemies (Nemours Foundation)
- Problems in Newborns (Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Quality of Life in Young Adulthood Is Similar for Those Born Prematurely (Nemours Foundation)
- Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) (National Eye Institute)
- Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor and What to Do (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Supplemental Analyses of Recent Trends in Infant Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) (Nemours Foundation)
- Understanding and Parenting Your Preemie (University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics)
- Vitamin C Transporter Gene Discovery In Mice Suggests Possible Role for Ascorbic Acid in Preventing Life-Threatening Complications Seen in Premature Infants (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- What Is a Neonatologist? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF File
- When Your Baby Is Born with a Health Problem (Nemours Foundation)
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