The Most Common Complications of Premature Births. The risk of complications increases the earlier the baby is born. Any complication that a premature newborn experiences will be treated in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Immature Lungs â Most babies have mature lungs by 36 weeks of gestation.
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Regardless of its clinical course, respiratory muscle weakness is a serious problem among patients with neuromuscular disease. It is estimated that 15 to 28 percent of patients with myasthenia gravis and 20 to 30 percent of patients with Guillain-Barre barrÃ© syndrome will require invasive mechanical [ ventilation-3 ]. 5See Respiratory muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disease: Management .). CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS. Respiratory muscle (inspiratory, expiratory, upper airway) weakness due to neuromuscular disease can cause insufficient ventilation, nocturnal hypoventilation, or ineffective cough [ 6 ].