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Premature Infant
Alternate Names : Preemie, Preterm Infant
Premature Infant Prognosis (Expectations)
Prematurity was formerly a major cause of infant deaths. Improved medical and nursing techniques have increased the survival of premature infants. A greater chance of survival is associated with increasing length of the pregnancy. Of babies born at 28 weeks, approximately 80% survive.
Prematurity is not without long-term effects. A large proportion of premature infants have medical problems that persist into childhood or are permanent. As a rule, the more premature an infant, and the smaller the birth weight, the greater the risk of complications. It must be stressed, however, that it is impossible to predict the long-term outcome for an individual baby merely on the basis of gestational age or birth weight.
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• Definition
• Premature Infant Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Premature Infant Symptoms & Signs
• Premature Infant Prevention
• Premature Infant Diagnosis & Tests
• Premature Infant Treatment
• Premature Infant Prognosis
• Premature Infant Complications
• Premature Infant Support Groups
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Anemia
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Hypoglycemia
• Intrauterine Growth Restriction
• IRDS (Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
• Kidney Disease
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Preeclampsia
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
Tests & Exams
• Bilirubin
• Blood Gases
• Chest X-Ray
• Glucose Test
• Protein - Urine
• Serum Calcium
Other Topics
• Breathing - Slowed or Stopped
• Breathing Difficulties - First Aid
• Central Nervous System
• Delayed Growth
• Gestational Age
• High Blood Pressure
• Intravenous
• Jaundice - Yellow Skin
• Poor Feeding in Infants
• Respiratory
• Scrotum
Review Date : 12/22/2002
Reviewed By : Philip L. Graham III, M.D., F.A.A.P., Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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