TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alatraca, Marites,
AU  - Escarda, Roger,
AU  - Antepuesto, Mildred,
AU  - Bagano, Berchito Jr.
AU  - Baguio, Lilante,
AU  - Barera, Caroline,
AU  - Bicoy, Hilda,
AU  - Bureros, Analiza,
AU  - Bustamante, Charity,
AU  - Cajegas, Cherry Mae,
AU  - Capalaran, Armi,
AU  - Carcallas, Alleth,
TI  - Incidence of premature births at X-hospital from September 1993 to August 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cebu City
PB  - University of Cebu
N1  - Thesis (Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing) -- University of Cebu-Banilad, 1994
N2  - Summary: Each and every expectant mother hopes for a normal and healthy pregnancy outcome. They hope to have a healthy baby who will bring joy and happiness into their lives. But then, there are certain circumstances that shatter these hopes. These circumstances shorten the gestational age, thus preventing the fetus in the utero to reach the full 38th week term and maintain a normal growth. Although these premature infants still have chances of survival, especially when provided with prolonged very expensive intensive care, both parents and care givers face the challenge of making critical decisions regarding their infants survival, another thing to consider is the quality of life achieved by these quite immature, low birthweight infants. It is apparent that appreciable compromise, both physical and intellectual, afflicts such children
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