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neonatal of or relating to newborn children, esp in the first week of life and up to four weeks old neonatal [¦nē·ə′nād·əl] (medicine) Pertaining to a newborn infant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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medically unnecessary--cesarean may want to consider this: babies born via C-section have a rate of neonatal mortality more than two times that of babies born vaginally. The following definitions were used as reported in the studies: Infant mortality is the number of deaths within the first year of life per 1,000 live births; neonatal mortality (NM), the number of neonatal deaths within 0-27 days of life per 1,000 live births; postneonatal mortality (PNM), the number of deaths between 28 days and 1 year of life per 1,000 live births (Bobak and Leon 1992, 1999b; Lipfert et al. There was no change in one-minute Apgar scores, fetal mortality, or neonatal mortality during the study period. |
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