NICU admissions after a policy to discourage elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks
BACKGROUND: Early-term infants (37-38 weeks) are at increased risk of short- and long-term morbidities compared with full term infants (39-40 weeks). In 2009, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued guidelines to discourage early elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/16758 |