Meanings of premature infant in English

The premature infant is at increased risk of cerebral white matter injury.

We report a case of a premature infant with an unusual PD-CSE pattern.

A severely premature infant would need constant care and run the risk of having disabilities.

Our studies may have implications for premature infant care.

One premature infant, with symptoms compatible with malignant pertussis, died at 49 days of life.

The principal neuropathological substrate that is affected in the premature infant is cerebral white matter.

The impact of nutrient composition in premature infant formulas on body composition and growth is discussed.

Nutritional goals for the premature infant with incipient growth failure have thus become a source of controversy.

Indomethacin is a drug widely used to achieve pharmacologic closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in the premature infant.

Recent findings: Continued knowledge regarding the epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension in the premature infant population has aided better diagnostic screening algorithms.

Together, these data suggest that NMDAR blockade with memantine may provide an effective pharmacological prevention of PVL in the premature infant.

We report a premature infant born at 33 weeks gestation who was small for gestational age and displayed persistent cytopenias requiring transfusion.

These data indicate that rHuEPO, in combination with iron supplementation, is effective in reducing the need for blood transfusions in the premature infant.

Cerebral blood flow pressure-passivity results when pressure autoregulation is impaired, or overwhelmed, and is thought to underlie cerebrovascular injury in the premature infant.

Future studies using consistent serial brain imaging are needed to define the relationship between PPI and cerebrovascular injury in the sick premature infant.

Background: The admission of a very premature infant to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is often a difficult time for parents.