Morbidity Pattern In Late Preterm Neonates

Late preterm neonates are more susceptible to develop respiratory and metabolic complications.

Aim of the study is to determine the morbidity pattern among late preterm neonates

In a prospective study “Morbidity and mortality pattern in late preterm neonates in tertiary care hospital

in Jammu and Kashmir,Northern India”,all live born late preterm neonates delivered in G.B Pant

General Hospital were included in the study.Out of total 4100 deliveries,3100 were term and 475 were

late preterm. Weight for gestation, overall morbidity, incidence of RDS, need for mechanical

ventilation, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia were the variables observed.It was found that late

preterms had higher mobidity and mortality when compared to term neonates and hyperbilirubinemia

was the most common morbidity observed.

In a prospective study,”Morbidity profile and immediate outcome of late preterm neonates compared

to term neonates in a rural tertiary care hospital of Gujarat” by Manish Rasania ,Prasad Muley it was

observed that late preterm neonates had higher risk of sepsis and respiratory morbidities when

compared to term neonates.