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Premature Infant - References

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American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Ophthalmology, et al. (2006). Screening examination of premature infants for retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatrics, 117(2): 572-576. [Errata in Pediatrics, 117(4): 1468 and Pediatrics, 118(3): 1324.]

Other Works Consulted

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2008, reaffirmed 2010). Late-preterm infants. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 404. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 111(4): 1029-1032.

Brazelton TB (2006). Prematurity. In Touchpoints, Birth to Three: Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development, 2nd ed., pp. 351-356. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press.

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, reaffirmed 2010). 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. (2010). Diseases common in the preterm fetus and newborn section of Diseases and injuries of the fetus and newborn. In Williams Obstetrics, 23rd ed., pp. 605-628. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Engle WA, Committee on Fetus and Newborn (2008). Surfactant-replacement therapy for respiratory distress in the preterm and term neonate. Pediatrics, 121(2): 419-432.

Engle WA, et al. (2007, reaffirmed 2010). "Late-preterm" infants: A population at risk. Pediatrics, 120(6): 1390-1401.

Pignotti MS, Donzelli G (2008). Perinatal care at the threshold of viability: An international comparison of practical guidelines for the treatment of extremely preterm births. Pediatrics, 121(1): e193-e198.

Soll R, Özek E (2010). Prophylactic protein free synthetic surfactant for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1).

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Last Updated: April 14, 2011

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