Ann L. Kellams, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, discusses the complications associated with late-preterm birth.

References and Resources
Delpisheh A, Brabin L, Attia E, Brabin BJ. Pregnancy Late in Life: A Hospital-Based Study of Birth Outcomes. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Jun 13;(6):342-6.

Committee on Obstetric Practice. ACOG committee opinion No. 404 April 2008. Late-preterm infants. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Apr;111(4):1029-32.

Yoder BA, Gordon MC, Barth WH Jr. Late-preterm birth: does the changing obstetric paradigm alter the epidemiology of respiratory complications? Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Apr;111(4):814-22.

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