Extremely low birth weight (ELBW)
Association Between Peak Serum Bilirubin and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... Conclusions. PSB concentrations during the first 2 weeks of life are directly correlated with death or NDI, hearing impairment, and PDI <70 in ELBW infants. The statistical association based on retrospective ...
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Laparotomy Versus Peritoneal Drainage for Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Outcomes Through 18 Months Adjusted Age
... OBJECTIVE. Extremely low birth weight (ELBW; ⱕ 1000 g) infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or isolated intestinal perforation (IP) are treated surgically with either initial ...
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A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Two Different Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Systems for the Successful Extubation of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... Conclusions. Extubation failure is a common prob- lem, occurring in nearly 40% of ELBW infants who re- quire mechanical ventilation. IF CPAP was as effective but no more effective than conventional CPAP in pre- ...
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Arrhythmia Associated With Tetracaine in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Premature Infant
... premature extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant resulted in prolongation of AV conduction and intraventricular conduction delay with the right bundle branch of ventricular conduction ...
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Self-Reported Adolescent Health Status of Extremely Low Birth Weight Children Born 1992–1995
... with ELBW children reporting signi fi cantly more risk avoidance, ie, less risk taking, than NBW ...Both ELBW and NBW children reported a decrease in general health between age 8 and 14 years, which did not ...
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Systemic Candidiasis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants Receiving Topical Petrolatum Ointment for Skin Care: A Case–Control Study
... of ELBW infants were enrolled in that study, the use of topical petrolatum ointment (TPO) skin care has been implemented for ELBW infants in some neonatal intensive care units ...
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Prospective Analysis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... 6 ELBW infants, and it persists to dis- charge in most affected ...of ELBW infants with echocardiography at 4 to 6 weeks of age identi fi es only one-third of these infants, so frequent follow-up evalua- ...
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Self-Reported Adolescent Health Status of Extremely Low Birth Weight Children Born 1992–1995
... the ELBW children pertained to all 3 subdomains of risk (all P , ...fewer ELBW children reported alcohol and mari- juana use, although these differences were not considered signi fi cant at P , ...(18%) ...
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Racial and Gender Differences in the Viability of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Population-Based Study
... To quantify the differences in survival rates among the various race/gender groups shown graphically in Figs 1 and 2, ORs with 95% CIs were computed on the basis of predicted survival rates, with the semiparametric model ...
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Aerobic Capacity, Strength, Flexibility, and Activity Level in Unimpaired Extremely Low Birth Weight (≤800 g) Survivors at 17 Years of Age Compared With Term-Born Control Subjects
... of birth weight ⱕ 800 g were admitted to the provincial NICU in British ...this birth cohort were identified as having 1 or more major impairments at age ...eligible ELBW teens, 53 (67%) ...
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Predictive value of the aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index for parenteral nutrition associated cholestasis in extremely low birth weight infants
... enrolled ELBW in- fants on PN regardless of bowel ...in ELBW infants. Because laboratory test results at 1 week had low statistical power and those at 3 weeks could not play a role as predictor; 14 ...
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Psychopathology and Social Competencies of Adolescents Who Were Extremely Low Birth Weight
... Multivariable regression analyses were performed to determine the role of a number of demographic and family variables in predicting behavioral scores. Individual models were constructed for each subscale score for ...
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Intubating extremely premature newborns: a randomised crossover simulation study
... an extremely low birth- weight (ELBW) newborn (population) with a size-00 Miller blade (intervention) compared with a size-0 Miller blade (comparison) would require less total ...
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A prospective study of maternal preference for indomethacin prophylaxis versus symptomatic treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants
... The finding of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is very common among very low birth weight infants. The delay in closure of the ductus is inversely related to gestational age varying from 20% in ...
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Use of Insulin Glargine in the Management of Neonatal Hyperglycemia in an ELBW Infant
... in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants because of physiologic stress, exogenous glucose infusion, and postnatal corticosteroid therapy for hypotension, adrenal insufficiency, and ...
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Research in Neonatology for the 21st Century: Executive Summary of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development–American Academy of Pediatrics Workshop. Part I: Academic Issues
... and extremely low birth weight (ELBW; ⬍ 1000 g birth weight) infants remain “growth re- stricted” at term gestational ages and have smaller head circumferences compared ...
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APPLICATION OF FITNESS SWITCHING GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING 0 1 KNAPSACK PROBLEM
... very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, a large number of infants in this category died after six to seven years, or were hospitalized due to a string of ...with weight less than 1,000g showed ...
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Immunization of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants
... g]), extremely low birth weight (ELBW [ ⬍ 1000 g]), and critically ill PT infants have increased survival rates substantially, thereby add- ing challenges in the selection and ...
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Nasal high flow therapy in very low birth weight infants with mild respiratory distress syndrome: a single center experience
... BW: Birth Weight; ELBW: Extremely low birth weight infants; GA: Gestational age; IVH: Intraventricular hemorrhage; MV: Mechanical ventilation; nCPAP: Nasal continuous ...
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Radiation Exposure in 212 Very Low and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
... standard weight-dependent exposure ...with birth weight ⱕ 750 g, length of stay ⱖ 16 weeks, congenital mal- formations, or oxygen dependence for ⱖ 36 weeks were at risk for high numbers of ...
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