Which statement best describes the characteristics of preterm infants?
a. Thermoregulation is well established.
b. Extremities remain in attitude of flexion.
c. Sucking reflex is absent, weak, or ineffectual.
d. The head is proportionately small in relation to the body.
ANS: C
Reflex activity is only partially developed. Sucking is absent, weak, or ineffectual. Thermoregulation is poorly developed, and a preterm infant needs to be in a neutral thermal environment. A preterm infant may be listless and inactive compared with the overall attitude of flexion and activity of a full-term infant. A preterm infant's head is proportionately larger than the body.
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