The researchers recommend that extra attention and lactation assistance need to be given to the early
term infant and mother to help them overcome the difficulties in breastfeeding that may be caused by the neurologic immaturity of the infants.
Late onset of necrotizing enterocolitis in the full
term infant is associated with increased mortality: results from a two-center analysis.
Following a list of the top 100 secrets in the field, chapters cover care of the
term infant; fetal growth and development; obstetric issues, labor, and delivery; family-centered and developmental care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); the NICU environment and infection control; and questions in various subspecialties, from cardiology to ophthalmology to pain management.
The outcome of the babies was noted as being dead or survived (at discharge time) and various risk factors affecting morality were determined and compared between pre term and term/post
term infant groups as shown in Table-II.
After the initial visit, the next routine visit for the healthy
term infant is usually at two weeks of life, and then again at two months (Hagan et al., 2008).
In a healthy
term infant who has access to good postnatal nutrition, the benefits of delayed cord clamping are likely limited to a modest increase in hemoglobin concentration.
Others also found that the electively delivered
term infant is at significant risk of respiratory morbidity which is potentially preventable if evidence-based practices are followed.
For full-term infants Ross recently introduced Similac Advance with Iron, an infant formula that contains DNA and ABA, for parents and health care professionals who want to feed a
term infant formula supplemented with those fatty acids.
"Martek's oils have been introduced into additional markets with more
term infant formula launches imminent.
(2001), the head circumference of ELBW infants was smaller than that of the
term infant by 1.8 cm, and the infants were 5.8 cm shorter and 5.8 kg lighter than the adolescent born at term.
The normal
term infant is born with a generous liver copper store, and copper deficiency in neonates is a rare event (5).
Martek Biosciences Corporation (NASDAQ: MATK), Colombia, Md., has announced that its nutritional oils have been introduced in a premium
term infant formula in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.