Postdischarge Infant Mortality Among Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Population-Based Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. e788-e794 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kugelman ◽  
B. Reichman ◽  
I. Chistyakov ◽  
V. Boyko ◽  
O. Levitski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Population Based Study

scholarly journals Preeclampsia and Retinopathy of Prematurity in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Population-Based Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e0143248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsin-Chung Huang ◽  
Hwai-I Yang ◽  
Hung-Chieh Chou ◽  
Chien-Yi Chen ◽  
Wu-Shiun Hsieh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Retinopathy Of Prematurity ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Population Based Study

Population-based study of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants in Switzerland

2005 ◽  
Vol 164 (5) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Hentschel ◽  
Thomas M. Berger ◽  
Alois Tschopp ◽  
Martina M�ller ◽  
Mark Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Population Based Study

Low Birth Weight, Vital Records, and Infant Mortality

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1145
Author(s):  
MYRON E. WEGMAN
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
The United States ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Neonatal Deaths ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Almost All

About one tenth of all infant deaths occur in babies weighing less than 500 g at birth, almost all of whom die very shortly thereafter. In 1983, when the United States reported 3,638,933 live births, 4,368 of them were less than 500 g; that year there were 26,507 neonatal deaths. This means that slightly more than 0.1% of all live births contributed to 17% of neonatal mortality. Given this order of magnitude, any change in the numbers relating to these tiny babies can have a disproportionate influence on reported infant mortality and on interstate comparisons. Two questions promptly arise. How accurate and meaningful are the data regarding babies born weighing less than 500 g? What can be done to decrease the deaths in this category? Wilson et al1 call attention to how the number of very low birth weight infants reported by a state may be affected by the state's definition of a live birth.

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