Abstract :
AIMS & OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of this study were to examine how the neonatal morbidities, related to prematurity, persist into early term gestation in our set up. Aim was also to know the early neonatal (within first 7 days of life) morbidities, in early terms infants in comparison to their full term counterparts.
MATERIALS & METHODS:
It was a prospective, observational & comparative study. Consecutively born, 1000 intramural newborns were examined and only term babies were included in the study. They were observed for any morbidity for first 7 days of life. Multiple birth, congenital malformations, genetic disorders, inborn metabolic disorders and pre and post term infants were excluded.
Keyword :
Neonatal, Early term, Late term, Morbidity.