“…By 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), in their perinatal care guidelines, classified term newborns into subgroups, considering the differences in their morbidity and mortality: (i) early-term newborns (ETNBs), between 37 weeks and 0 days to 38 weeks and 6 days; (ii) full-term newborns (FTNBs), between 39 weeks and 0 days to 40 weeks and 6 days; and (iii) late-term newborns (LTNBs), between 41 weeks and 0 days to 41 weeks and 6 days 2 . Early-term births are estimated to account for 15%-30% of all births worldwide, with a higher incidence in low and middle income countries [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . This increase has been attributed to medical indications for delivery, such as adverse maternal factors that can lead to early-term deliveries vaginally or through cesarean section 12 , and no medically indicated delivery, such as cervical ripening, inductions of labor and cesarean delivery before 39 0/7 weeks of gestation 13 .…”