Premature Infant

References

Citations

  1. Antenatal Corticosteroids Revisited: Repeat Courses. NIH Consensus Statement, vol. 17, no. 2 (2000 August 17–18). Available online: http://consensus.nih.gov/2000/2000AntenatalCorticosteroidsRevisted112html.htm.

  2. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Ophthalmology, et al. (2006). Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatrics, 117(2): 572–576. Also available online: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;117/2/572.pdf. [Erratum in Pediatrics, 118(3): 1324. Also available online: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;118/3/1324-a.pdf.]

Other Works Consulted

  • Chandra S, Baumgart S (2005). Temperature regulation of the premature infant. In HW Taeusch et al., eds., Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, 8th ed., pp. 364–371. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

  • Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics (2007). Noninitiation or withdrawal of intensive care for high-risk newborns. Pediatrics, 119(2): 401–403. Also available online: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;119/2/401.pdf.

  • Cunningham FG, et al., eds. (2005). Diseases and injuries of the fetus and newborn. In Williams Obstetrics, 22nd ed., pp. 649–691. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • Halliday HL (2006). Recent clinical trials of surfactant treatment for neonates. Biology of the Neonate, 89(4), pp. 323–329.

  • Lemons JA, et al. (2001). Very low birth weight outcomes of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, January 1995 through December 1996. Pediatrics, 107(1): E1. Also available online: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/107/1/e1.

  • Thilo EH, Rosenberg AA (2007). The newborn infant. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 18th ed., chap. 1, pp. 1–64. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.


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Author: Debby Golonka, MPHLast Updated: May 8, 2007
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Jennifer Merchant, MD - Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

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