Abstract: What does 'premature' mean? The word premature refers to an infant born before 37 weeks gestation. The new-born infant can be classified into three groups; the term infant: an infant born between 37 and 40 weeks gestation; the near-term infant: a neonate born between 34 weeks and 36 weeks gestation; and, extremely premature infant: born before 26 weeks gestation. In addition, the international classification according to infant weight is: low birth weight (LBW): an infant weighing less than 2500g at birth; very low birth weight (VLBW): an infant weighing less than 1500g at birth; and, extremely low birth weight (ELBW): an infant weighing less than 1000g at birth (Gregson and Blacker, 2014).
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