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Apnea risk declines with gestational age. (Still Elevated at 35 Weeks).

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| June 15, 2003 | Tucker, Miriam E. | COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

GREENWICH, CONN. -- The risk for neonatal apnea decreases with increasing age at birth, but still remains elevated at 35 weeks' gestation, Dr. Prakash M. Kabbur said a meeting of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research.

A retrospective neonatal intensive care unit chart review covering a 10.5-year period yielded 2,995 infants born at 35 weeks' gestation or less who had stayed in the hospital at least 7 days and did not die. Their ...

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