Late Preterm

Resources/References

Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Levels of Neonatal Care. Pediatrics November 2004; 114 (5): 1341–1347. 10.1542/peds.2004-1697
COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, Wanda Denise Barfield, Lu-Ann Papile, Jill E. Baley, William Benitz, James Cummings, Waldemar A. Carlo, Praveen Kumar, Richard A. Polin, Rosemarie C. Tan, Kasper S. Wang, Kristi L. Watterberg; Levels of Neonatal Care. Pediatrics September 2012; 130 (3): 587–597. 10.1542/peds.2012-1999
Stellwagen, L, et al. The late preterm infant: A little baby with big needs. Contemporary Pediatrics. 2007.
Davis NL, Condon F, Rhein LM. Epidemiology and predictors of failure of the infant car seat challenge. Pediatrics. 2013;131(5):951-957. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-2775
Assessment of babies for car seat safety before hospital discharge. Paediatr Child Health. 2000;5(1):53-63. doi:10.1093/pch/5.1.53
Pilley E, McGuire W. Pre-discharge "car seat challenge" for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Jan 25;(1):CD005386. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005386.pub2. PMID: 16437530.
Pilley E, McGuire W. The car seat: a challenge too far for preterm infants?. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition 2005;90:F452-F455.
Davis, N. Screening for cardiopulmonary events in neonates: a review of the infant car seat challenge. J Perinatol 35, 235–240 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2015.1
Christine Andrews, Colleen Whatley, Meaghan Smith, Emily Caron Brayton, Suzanne Simone, Alison Volpe Holmes; Quality-Improvement Effort to Reduce Hypothermia Among High-Risk Infants on a Mother-Infant Unit. Pediatrics March 2018; 141 (3): e20171214. 10.1542/peds.2017-1214
Vinod K. Bhutani, Lois Johnson. Kernicterus in Late Preterm Infants Cared for as Term Healthy Infants. Seminars in Perinatology. Volume 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-97. ISSN 0146-0005. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semperi.2006.04.001.
Neu J. Gastrointestinal maturation and feeding. Semin Perinatol. 2006 Apr;30(2):77-80. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.02.007. PMID: 16731281.
Boies EG, Vaucher YE. ABM Clinical Protocol #10: Breastfeeding the Late Preterm (34-36 6/7 Weeks of Gestation) and Early Term Infants (37-38 6/7 Weeks of Gestation), Second Revision 2016. Breastfeed Med. 2016 Dec;11:494-500. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2016.29031.egb. Epub 2016 Nov 10. PMID: 27830934.
National Perinatal Association. Multidisciplinary Guidelines for the Care of Late Preterm Infants.