Scope and impact of early and late preterm infants admitted to the PICU with respiratory illness.

Objective: To determine the clinical course and outcomes of children born early preterm (EPT, <32 weeks), late preterm (LPT, 32 to 35 weeks), and full term (FT, >or=36 weeks) who were subsequently admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with respiratory illness.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review of patients <2 years old admitted to a tertiary PICU with respiratory illness.

Results: Two hundred seventy-one patients met inclusion criteria: 17.