Continuing care for the preterm infant after dismissal from the neonatal intensive care unit.
As more low-birth-weight babies survive, primary-care physicians are facing the responsibility of providing continuing care for those who have been dismissed from neonatal intensive-care units. Premature infants often require outpatient care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia, apnea, retinopathy of prematurity, intraventricular hemorrhage, hearing loss, hypothyroxinemia, anemia, neurodevelopmental sequelae, assessment of growth and nutrition, immunizations, and psychosocial stress. In this review, we present guidelines for the primary-care physician for the management of these conditions in preterm infants.
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D000751:Anemia, Neonatal / Q000628:therapy; D001049:Apnea / Q000628:therapy; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000628:therapy; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000628:therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood
D013974:Thyroxine