CHAPTER 6 Premature and Small-for-Dates Infants

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CHAPTER 6Premature andSmall-for-Dates Infants

• DEFINITIONS OF PREMATURITY AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
• Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants
• Assessment of Gestational Age
• Physical and Behavioral Characteristics of the
  Premature Infant
• INCIDENCE OF PRETERM BIRTHS
• CAUSES OF PREMATURE BIRTH
• COMPLICATIONS OF PREMATURITY
• Respiratory Problems
• Hyaline Membrane Diseases
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• Neurologic Problems
• Intraventricular Hemorrhage
• Periventricular Leukomalacia
• Hearing Impairment
• Apnea and Bradycardia
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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• Gastrointestinal Problems
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux
• Ophthalmologic Problems
• Immunologic Problems
• Other Physiologic Abnormalities
• MEDICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CARE OF LOW BIRTH
  WEIGHT INFANTS
• SURVIVAL OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS
• CARE AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL
• EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
• NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME
• SUMMARY