title: Neurologic and metabolic issues in moderately preterm, late preterm, and early term infants.
abstract: Common neurologic morbidities encountered in very preterm and extremely preterm infants (intracranial hemorrhage, white matter injury and periventricular leukomalacia, and apnea of prematurity) are much less common in moderately preterm and late preterm infants. The frequency of germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage and white matter injury are reported to be low, but selection bias in neuroimaging surveillance prevents ascertainment of precise frequencies. The major neurologic morbidity of moderately and late preterm infants is feeding difficulty reflecting developmental integration of suck, swallow, and breathing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA. Electronic address: alaptook@wihri.org.
authors.forename: Abbot R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Laptook
mesh_terms: D001049:Apnea / Q000453:epidemiology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Apnea; Feeding ability; Intracranial hemorrhage; Neurologic morbidities; Periventricular leukomalacia; Suck-swallow-breathing coordination