新生儿生物学杂志

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Editorial on Neonatal Biology

Janusz Gadzinowski

Newborn=the primary 24 hours of life; Neonate=the primary 28 days after birth; Infant=the primary year of life, A period of transition for both baby and therefore the family. Survival is now extrauterine which poses a physiological challenge, Life tasks at birth independent breathing, change from fatal to neonatal circulation, establishment of early feeding, thermal and glucose control, and changes to fluid balance.