premature infants
Developmental outcomes in premature infants. Premature babies otherwise known as preterm babies, or preemies, are babies that have been born earlier than full-tern known as thirty-eight and forty two weeks. Most Premature babies that survive are generally born between twenty four and thirty seven weeks of gestation, but some can be born as early as twenty two weeks (McGrall, 1998). The chances of survival for a premature baby depend on the babys degree of prematurely and birth weight. ... Premature infants usually weigh less than 2,500grams. ... The first being low birth weight which is less than 2,500grams, second being very low birth weight which is lower than 1,500grams and thirdly being extremely low birth weight, which is where premature babies weigh less than 1000grams, usually those born at less than 28 weeks of gestation age.