This PedsCases note provides a one-page, system-based overview on the complications of preterm birth! It was created by Ola Elsharif, a medical student at McMaster University with the help of Dr. Meenatchi Ranganathan, a general pediatrician at McMaster University. 

Click the image below for a full-page PDF. 

Related Content: 

Video Podcast: Approach to Prematurity Part I An Overview of Prematurity

Video Podcast: Approach to Prematurity Part II Initial stabilization and Short-Term Complications of Prematurity

References 

PedsCases Podcast:

1. Approach to Prematurity – Part I An Overview of Prematurity. [podcast on the Internet]. PedsCases; Dec 29, 2021, Available from: https://www.pedscases.com/approach-prematurity-%E2%80%93-part-i-overview-prematurity

2. Approach to Prematurity – Part II - Initial stabilization and Short-Term Complications of Prematurity. [podcast on the Internet]. PedsCases; Aug 10, 2022. Available from: https://www.pedscases.com/approach-prematurity-%E2%80%93-part-ii-initial-stabilization-and-short-term-complications-prematurity

CPS guideline:

1. Anderson N, Narvey M. Discharge planning of the preterm infant. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2022;27(2):129–129. doi:10.1093/pch/pxac001

Textbooks:

1. Balest AL, Preterm Infants. In: Merck Manuals Online. Last updated Oct 2022. Available from: https://www.merckmanuals.com/en-ca/professional/pediatrics/perinatal-problems/preterm-infants

2. Brady JM, Barnes-Davis ME and Poindexter BB. The High-Risk Infant. In: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Chapter 117: p897-909

3. Pediatrics. In: Toronto Notes 2021