Extremely Low Birth Weight
Use of Oxygen for Resuscitation of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant
... As recently as 2005 virtually all deliv- ery room resuscitations for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in the United States used 100% oxygen. Re- sults of a survey of resuscitation ...
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Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants With Leukemoid Reaction
... ELBW, extremely low birth weight; CBC, com- plete blood cell; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; RDS, respiratory distress syndrome; PNS, postnatal corticosteroids; NEC, necrotiz- ing ...
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Morbidity and mortality pattern of very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight neonates in a tertiary care hospital
... Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) and Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) neonates have improved over last few decades, they still remain highly vulnerable ...
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Insulin Infusions in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... to extremely low birth weight infants through unprimed and insulin- primed tubing, which we hope will address some of these impor- tant ...
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Pulmonary Outcome in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... of extremely low birth weight (ELBW: ⬍ 1000 ...with birth weight ⬍850 g, and 31% of ELBW infants surviving neonatal intensive care during the ...
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Renal Bicarbonate Excretion in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... Cumulative renal excretion rates of sodium, chloride, and bicarbonate in the first 4 days of life of the 22 extremely low birth weight infants. 0.5[r] ...
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Effects of total parenteral nutrition on postnatal growth in very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight newborns
... In resource limited settings such as in developing countries, providing total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is often arduous with increased complication rates. Intravenous lipid infusion in neonates is often linked with ...
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Non Oliguric Hyperkalemia in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... Purpose: It is to examine clinical manifestations, early biochemical indicators, and risk factors for non-oliguric hyperkalemia (NOHK) in extremely low birth weight infants (ELBWI). Materials ...
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Comparison of Current Health, Functional Limitations, and Health Care Use of Young Adults Who Were Born With Extremely Low Birth Weight and Normal Birth Weight
... of extremely low birth weight and 2% of normal birth weight ...scores. Extremely low birth weight young adults reported a higher prevalence of chronic ...
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Oxygen Targeting in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... 3. Alarm limits are used to avoid potentially harmful extremes of hyperoxemia or hypoxemia. Given the limitations of pulse oximetry and the uncertainty that remains regarding the ideal oxygen saturation target range for ...
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Mortality and morbidity of very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight babies in neonatal period
... lower birth weight groups is probably due to immaturity and physiological handicap as compared to higher birth weight ...very low birth weight babies in present study is ...
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Breastfeeding Infants Who Were Extremely Low Birth Weight
... whose birth weights were # 800 g and whose mothers expressed the desire to breast- feed and were willing to express milk until their infants were able to start bottle ...
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Workshop Summary: Nutrition of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant
... normal tissue and to plasma lipids and human milk, currently available emulsions have a very high con- tent of LA and LNA but a very low content of satu- rated (16:0) and monounsaturated (18:1) fatty acids. ...
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Center Differences and Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... of birth and antenatal interventions known to have an impact on outcome? The outcomes of interest were MDI ⬍ 70, PDI ⬍ 70, CP, neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI), and NDI or death by 18 ...were birth ...
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Targeted Short-Term Fluconazole Prophylaxis Among Very Low Birth Weight and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... include low gestational age (GA) (GA ⬍ 28 weeks, especially ⬍ 25 weeks), ELBW, severe illness at birth, duration of anti- biotic administration, use of third-generation cephalo- sporins and carbapenems, ...
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Glucocorticoid-Responsive Hypotension in Extremely Low Birth Weight Newborns
... As a result, these newborns may fail to produce adequate amounts of cortisol and may exhibit signs of adrenal insufficiency (eg, hypotension) early in life, yet later demonstrate complet[r] ...
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Radiation Exposure in 212 Very Low and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... have birth weight of 401 to 1500 g and are born in or transferred to the participating hospital before 28 days’ postnatal age are eligible for the ...
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Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... Our goal was to determine the effects of recent changes in delivery room and neo- natal care, including surfactant and dexamethasone ther- apy, on survival, neonatal morbidity, and 20-mo[r] ...
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Causes of Death in the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant
... Immaturity is an important factor contributing to the deaths of all but perhaps a few small for gestational age infants included in this study. However, when consid- ering primary cause of death, there are few accepted ...
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Prediction of Death for Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates
... Five data sets were created to reflect 5 time points (scenarios), as follows: scenario A, limited prenatal data using only 3 vari- ables; scenario B, scenario A plus additional prenatal data (to determine whether ...
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