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neonatal morbidity
Incidence of diseases or medical complications in the newborn during the first 28 days of life. Also known as newborn morbidity, it is categorized by causes such as respiratory, neurological, infectious, metabolic, or congenital malformations.

Grammatical category Noun
Field Disease
Level of specialization High
Definition source Anales de Pediatría
Variants
Synonym
newborn morbidity
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

morbilidad neonatal

Valenciano

morbiditat neonatal
Associated concepts
Caused by
congenital malformations
serious infections
complications during childbirth
Examples
We were unable to directly compare the incidence of major neonatal morbidity between cohorts given differing definitions of this composite outcome between studies, although trends were similar.
Although preterm birth <37 weeks' gestation is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States, the majority of data regarding preterm neonatal outcomes come from older studies, and many reports have been limited to only very preterm neonates. 
Collocations
WITH VERBS
fall | increase | remain | calculate | have neonatal morbidity

WITH NOUNS
rates of | cause of neonatal morbidity
WITH ADJECTIVES
minor | major neonatal morbidity