Table 1.
Term | Definition |
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Adolescent | Patient between the ages of 12 to 21 years |
Child | Paediatric patient between the ages of 2 to 12 years |
Infant | Paediatric patient between the ages of 0 to 24 months |
Neonate | Paediatric patient from birth to 28 days of age |
Preterm | Neonate born before 37 weeks of gestation |
Term | Neonate born at 39 weeks of gestation |
Toddler | Paediatric patient between the ages of 1 and 2 years |