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Who Is the Late Preterm Infant and What Problems Can Arise for This Population

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Late Preterm Infants

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The inspiration and guiding light for this chapter comes from insight learned from caring for late preterm infants William and Andrew K. (twins), Asher K., and Tyler N.—who in their own little ways invited curiosity and imparted knowledge to help us understand their developmental trajectories and potential.

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  1. School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Shahirose Sadrudin Premji

  2. Caring for Hawai’i Neonates, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Susan Kau

  3. Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN), Yardley, PA, USA

    Susan Kau

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Premji, S.S., Kau, S. (2019). Who Is the Late Preterm Infant and What Problems Can Arise for This Population. In: Premji, S. (eds) Late Preterm Infants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94352-7_1

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