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The Extremely Premature Infant (Micropremie) and Common Neonatal Emergencies
THE PREMATURE INFANT IS DEFINED as birth before 37 weeks gestation. Premature births can be classified as low-birth-weight (LBW) infants (<2500 g), very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants (<1500 g), and extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants (<1000 g). Alternatively, they may be classified as moderate to…