Paediatrics

at a Glance

Lawrence Miall, Mary Rudolf, Dominic Smith

Multiple Choice: Chapter 12 The premature baby

Question 1. Select the true answer. Babies born at 25 weeks:

(a) Have an 80% chance of disability
(b) Cannot be fed breast milk until 34 weeks
(c) Have a 20% chance of blindness from retinopathy of prematurity
(d) Have a 65–70% chance of survival if admitted to a NICU
(e) Do not develop respiratory distress syndrome as their lungs are too immature to produce surfactant