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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Premature infants were given supplementary oxygen to improve their chances of survival, and levels up to 70 percent were given for extended periods.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Premature babies and infants with chronic lung conditions are at increased risk for complications from serious RSV disease.
Premature infants are at a much higher risk for developing cerebral palsy than full-term babies, and the risk increases as the birth weight decreases.
Premature infants who contract RSV often require rehospitalization to give extra fluids, respiratory treatments, and possibly extra oxygen.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Premature infants lack the enzymes and bile salts need for digestion of fats.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Org was established to help parents of premature infants find other parents using various Internet resources such as the PreemiesChat room.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Premature infants fed their own mother's milk or banked human milk are one sixth to one tenth as likely to develop NEC.
Because premature infants sometimes seem fragile, parents may handle them less, or are more than careful with them.
Premature infants have a higher risk of developing hepatoblastoma than children who were not born prematurely.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Premature infants can also suffer from massive fluid leakage from blood vessels into the lungs.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Severely premature infants are born without the mother's antibodies.
Premature infants usually are not circumcised because of their fragile health status.
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