TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The High-Risk Infant: Commonalities of the NICU Graduate Born Premature and at Term
A1  - Malcolm, William F.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Beyond the NICU: Comprehensive Care of the High-Risk Infant
AB  - When  people  think  of  the  high-risk  infant,  most  often  a  premature  baby  comes  to  mind.  This  is  because  the  daily  census  of  an  average  neonatal  intensive  care  unit  is  dominated  by  infants  born  preterm.  While  only  about  10%  of  NICU  admissions  are  for  prematurity,  with  the  majority  of  admissions  being  for  sepsis  evaluation  and  treatment,  birth  complications,  or  respiratory  concerns,  it  is  actually  moderately  premature  infants  who  are  the  largest  group  of  infants  to  receive  days  of  neonatal  intensive  care.  These  more  common  acute  diagnoses  usually  only  require  short  NICU  hospitalizations  and,  generally,  long-term  outcomes  are  favorable.  Premature  and  very  sick  newborns  often  have  a  prolonged  convalescence  period,  during  which  time  their  acute  medical  issues  slowly  improve,  but  they  are  also  exposed  to  an  environment  that  can  have  significant  effects  on  their  overall  health.  So,  it  is  really  the  duration  of  NICU  stay,  in  addition  to  illness  severity  and  underlying  diagnoses,  which  contributes  to  some  NICU  graduates  being  considered  high  risk  in  terms  of  long-term  medical  and  developmental  outcomes.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105544984
ER  -