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01-12-2014 | Meeting abstract
Planning of the nursing team in the management of multiple births: from medically assisted reproduction center to neonatal intensive care unit
Authors:
Martina Cecconi, Laura Ligi, Assunta Fabi, Luisa Pieragostini
Published in:
Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Special Issue 2/2014
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Excerpt
In the last twenty years the number of multiple births in Italy growed up to around 25% due to the increase of medically assisted reproduction. Multiple birth usually occurs between the 34
th and the 37
th week of gestational age, that coincides with the "Late-Preterm" newborns. For theirs peculiarities, late-preterm newborns require more assistance and care [
1‐
3]. …