When a baby is admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) they usually need tests and analyzes on a daily basis to be able to monitor their health, but many of them are uncomfortable for them.
When a baby is admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) they usually need tests and analyzes on a daily basis to be able to monitor their health, but many of them are uncomfortable for them.
Every year 15 million premature babies are born in the world. In Spain, one in 13 babies is born prematurely, that is, before the 40th week of gestation, when a full-term baby is considered.
Preterm labor is one that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy, when a pregnancy is considered to have reached term. Most preterm births occur spontaneously when regular uterine contractions cause the cervix to open early.
When a baby is born prematurely, its development generally occurs at a different rate than a full-term baby. That is why growth milestones should not be evaluated taking into account their chronological age but rather their corrected age, even up to two years due to the process that takes place during that period of time.
Ten percent of children born in the world do so prematurely, before the 37th week of gestation. In Spain, the number of premature births is one in 13 births, being one of the European countries with the highest rates of premature births.
Today, November 17, we celebrate World Premature Day, babies who have come into the world too soon. According to data from the INE, 22,858 premature babies were born in our country in 2019 (the last year for which data are available); in other words, one out of every 13 babies is born in Spain before the 37th week of gestation, when a baby is considered full-term. This places Spain as one of the European countries with the highest rate of preterm births.
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