RT Book, Section
A1 Bucher, Brian T.
A1 Warner, Brad W.
A2 Ziegler, Moritz M.
A2 Azizkhan, Richard G.
A2 Allmen, Daniel von
A2 Weber, Thomas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1100430802
T1 Gastrointestinal, Pulmonary, Cardiac, and Neurologic Developmental Physiology of the Premature and Term Newborn
T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162723-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100430802
RD 2024/10/14
AB The  morphologic  and  immunologic  development  of  the  gastrointestinal  system  progresses  rapidly  during  the  third  trimester,  and  therefore  is  immature  in  preterm  neonates.Human  breast  milk  is  ideally  adapted  to  match  the  digestive  capacities  of  the  newborn  infant  and  contains  several  factors  for  the  protection  and  development  of  the  neonatal  gastrointestinal  tract.Respiratory  distress  syndrome  is  highly  prevalent  in  preterm  infants  and  may  lead  to  bronchopulmonary  dysplasia  and  chronic  lung  disease  in  older  children.Several  circulatory  changes  occur  immediately  after  birth  to  switch  from  the  parallel  fetal  circulation  to  the  serial  circulation  of  the  newborn  infant.The  preterm  neonate  is  at  high  risk  for  intraventricular  hemorrhage  (IVH)  and  those  infants  with  IVH  have  a  higher  risk  of  mortality.