Table 3.

Severe neonatal morbidity definition according to term/preterm status

Preterm	Term
Grade III and IV intraventricular haemorrhage.	Grade II or III hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.
Chronic lung disease (home O2 therapy or O2 therapy at 36 weeks’ gestation.	Ventilation >24 hours.
Necrotising enterocolitis.	Neonatal intensive care admission >4 days.
Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3 or 4.	Apgar score <4 at 5 min.
Sepsis (blood or Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) culture proven).	Cord arterial PH <7.0 and/or base excess >−15.
Cystic periventricular leukomalacia.	Neonatal seizures.