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A neonatal morbidities and outcomes among late preterm infants

Late preterm infants refer to those born between 34 weeks (34) and less than 37 completed weeks (36). Infants born late preterm may be similar to term infants in appearance, weight, and size, and compared with preterm infants born at earlier gestations, they are generally healthier. However, late preterm infants are developmentally and physically immature compared with term infants. Consequently, they are at increased risk for medical complications such as hypothermia, hypoglycemia, respiratory distress and delayed lung fluid clearance, poor feeding, jaundice, infection, and readmission rates after initial hospital discharge and mortality, especially during the first week after birth. Understanding the morbidity related risks among late preterm infants is not only important for assisting newborn care providers to expect potential morbidity during the birth hospitalization and earlier follow-up after hospital discharge. The present study was done with the aim to evaluate the prevalence of neonatal morbidities and outcomes among late preterm neonates.