title: Health risks associated with late-preterm infants: implications for newborn primary care.
abstract: This integrative literature review focuses on the health risks associated with late-preterm infants (34 to 36 and 6/7 weeks gestation) and the implications for newborn primary care providers and pediatric nurses. Common morbidities in the late-term population included hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory compromise, hyperglycemia and poor feeding, temperature instability, and infection. Primary care providers should be aware of these morbidities to be sure risk-focused evaluation is performed during and after the birth hospitalization, and treatment is administered when necessary.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Erica Saleski
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Forsythe
authors.forename: Patricia Jackson
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D009359:Neonatology / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*