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Respiratory illness in late preterm infants during the first six months of life. 2010

Leilanie Pérez, and Zahira Corchado, and Mariela Rodríguez, and Dora García, and Lizaida Medina, and Arian Vicens, and Nerian Ortiz, and Lourdes Garcĺa, and Yasmin Pedrogo
UPR Rio Piedras and Medical Science Campus, UPR School of Medicine, Puerto Rico Health Health Science Center, San Juan.

Late preterm infants are physiologically immature and at risk for respiratory complications. The study's objective was to determine the incidence of respiratory illnesses in a group of preterm infants (33-35 weeks) during the first six months of life. METHODS Parents were contacted by phone in the six months period after participating in an educational program and a short survey was performed. RESULTS None of the infants required admission to the intensive care unit in the newborn period. According to parents, 71% of the babies had a common cold, 9% bronchiolitis, and 3% pneumonia. Fifty four percent of the babies visited the emergency room due to respiratory illnesses and (12%) required admission. CONCLUSIONS Late preterm infants present respiratory illnesses during the first months of life which result in medical expenditures, emergency room visits, and hospital admissions. Educational interventions about preventive measures are needed to decrease the morbidity associated to these illnesses.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007235 Infant, Premature, Diseases Diseases that occur in PREMATURE INFANTS.
D008137 Longitudinal Studies Studies in which variables relating to an individual or group of individuals are assessed over a period of time. Bogalusa Heart Study,California Teachers Study,Framingham Heart Study,Jackson Heart Study,Longitudinal Survey,Tuskegee Syphilis Study,Bogalusa Heart Studies,California Teachers Studies,Framingham Heart Studies,Heart Studies, Bogalusa,Heart Studies, Framingham,Heart Studies, Jackson,Heart Study, Bogalusa,Heart Study, Framingham,Heart Study, Jackson,Jackson Heart Studies,Longitudinal Study,Longitudinal Surveys,Studies, Bogalusa Heart,Studies, California Teachers,Studies, Jackson Heart,Studies, Longitudinal,Study, Bogalusa Heart,Study, California Teachers,Study, Longitudinal,Survey, Longitudinal,Surveys, Longitudinal,Syphilis Studies, Tuskegee,Syphilis Study, Tuskegee,Teachers Studies, California,Teachers Study, California,Tuskegee Syphilis Studies
D010865 Pilot Projects Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work. Pilot Studies,Pilot Study,Pilot Project,Project, Pilot,Projects, Pilot,Studies, Pilot,Study, Pilot
D012120 Respiration Disorders Diseases of the respiratory system in general or unspecified or for a specific respiratory disease not available. Disorder, Respiration,Disorders, Respiration,Respiration Disorder
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015994 Incidence The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time. Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates

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