Posts Tagged ‘complications of late preterm birth’
Late Preterm Babies Face Significant Health Risks
Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:22 2 CommentsA new study demonstrates the vulnerability of babies born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation (full term is reached at 37 weeks). Babies born during this critical period of development have reduced fat stores, immature lungs and livers, and a brain volume that is just 60% of a baby born at term. As [...]
