"Premature Birth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
CHILDBIRTH before 37 weeks of PREGNANCY (259 days from the first day of the mother's last menstrual period, or 245 days after FERTILIZATION).
| Descriptor ID |
D047928
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.420.491.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Premature Birth- Premature Birth
- Birth, Premature
- Births, Premature
- Premature Births
- Preterm Birth
- Birth, Preterm
- Births, Preterm
- Preterm Births
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Premature Birth" by people in Profiles.
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Skeletal consequences of preterm birth in pigs as a model for preterm infants. J Bone Miner Res. 2024 Jul 23; 39(6):791-803.
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Infant factors that impact the ecology of human milk secretion and composition-a report from "Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN)" Working Group 3. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 04; 117 Suppl 1:S43-S60.
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with cardiovascular disease in the Philippines: a retrospective cross-sectional study from 2015-2019. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):9922-9933.
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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast milk feedings in US neonatal intensive care units. Pediatr Res. 2021 01; 89(2):344-352.
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Precious young adults born late-preterm: how much follow-up is enough? Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018 03; 60(3):218.
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Parent decision making for life support for extremely premature infants: from the prenatal through end-of-life period. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011 Jan-Mar; 25(1):52-60.