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A systematic review of severe morbidity in infants born late preterm

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Although the absolute incidence of neonatal mortality and morbidity in infants born late preterm is low, its incidence is significantly increased as compared with infants born at term.
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This article is published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 318 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Respiratory distress.

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National regional and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications.

TL;DR: Worldwide, regional, and national estimates of preterm birth rates for 184 countries in 2010 with time trends for selected countries are reported, and a quantitative assessment of the uncertainty surrounding these estimates is provided.
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Born Too Soon: The global epidemiology of 15 million preterm births

TL;DR: A review of the epidemiology of preterm birth, and its burden globally, including priorities for action to improve the data, is presented, as part of a supplement jointly funded by Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives programme.
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The global epidemiology of preterm birth

TL;DR: An overview of current knowledge (and limitations) on the global epidemiology of preterm birth, particularly around howPreterm birth is defined, measured, and classified, and what is known regarding its risk factors, causes, and outcomes is provided.
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Chronic inflammation of the placenta: definition, classification, pathogenesis, and clinical significance

TL;DR: Chronic placental inflammatory lesions can be due to maternal anti-fetal rejection, a process associated with the development of a novel form of fetal systemic inflammatory response.
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Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

TL;DR: It is concluded that H and I2, which can usually be calculated for published meta-analyses, are particularly useful summaries of the impact of heterogeneity, and one or both should be presented in publishedMeta-an analyses in preference to the test for heterogeneity.
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The Contribution of Mild and Moderate Preterm Birth to Infant Mortality

TL;DR: Mild- and moderate-preterm birth infants are at high RR for death during infancy and are responsible for an important fraction of infant deaths.
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Clinical Outcomes of Near-Term Infants

TL;DR: Near-term infants had significantly more medical problems and increased hospital costs compared with contemporaneous full- term infants and may represent an unrecognized at-risk neonatal population.
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Optimizing Care and Outcome for Late-Preterm (Near-Term) Infants: A Summary of the Workshop Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

TL;DR: A multidisciplinary team of experts invited to a workshop in July 2005 discussed the definition and terminology, epidemiology, etiology, biology of maturation, clinical care, surveillance, and public health aspects of late-preterm infants, and knowledge gaps were identified.
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Changes in the gestational age distribution among U.S. singleton births: impact on rates of late preterm birth, 1992 to 2002.

TL;DR: The changing epidemiology of gestational length among singleton births in the United States, from 1992 to 2002, is examined, with 39 weeks becoming the most common length of gestation in 2002, compared with 40 weeks in 1992.
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