Last Updated on April 18, 2022
Definitions / Introduction
• Premature infant: <37 weeks gestation
• Late preterm – births 34 – 366/7 gestational week
• Small for Gestational Age (SGA): < 10th centile of birth weight for age
• Low Birth Weight (LBW): < 2500 g
• Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW): < 1500 g
• Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW): < 1000 g
Others
What are the prem investigations?
• FBC + Reticulocytes + RP + Calcium + Magnesium + Phosphate + LFT + Serum bilirubin + TFT