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Case Synopsis An otherwise healthy 5-year-old girl with adenotonsillar hypertrophy secondary to recurrent infections underwent an uneventful tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy with general anesthesia, was extubated, and was sent to recovery. The recovery nurse notifies you that the patient is stridulous…
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…