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Spinal anesthesia in an extremely low birth weight infant

Pediatric Anesthesia, 2005
SummaryA case of spinal anesthesia in an extremely low birth weight male infant (body weight of 930 g at time of surgery) is presented. He was born prematurely at a gestational age of 27 weeks because of a placenta tumor and had to undergo inguinal herniotomy at 34 weeks postconceptional age.
U S, Nickel, R R, Meyer, A M, Brambrink
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HIV Transmission to Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013
Prematurity increases the perinatal HIV transmission rate compared with term infants. There is sparse literature documenting the risk of transmission of HIV to extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.To determine the risk of perinatal transmission of HIV to ELBW infants in a tertiary neonatal unit in South Africa.A prospective database was maintained
Lloyd, Tooke, Alan R, Horn, Michael C, Harrison   +2 more
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Peer Victimization in Extremely Low Birth Weight Survivors

Clinical Pediatrics, 2015
Background. Extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) children may be at risk for experiencing peer victimization. We examined retrospectively reported peer victimization in ELBW and control children in the oldest known, prospectively followed, population-based birth cohort of ELBW survivors. Method.
Kimberly L, Day, Ryan J, Van Lieshout, Tracy, Vaillancourt, Saroj, Saigal, Michael H, Boyle, Louis A, Schmidt   +5 more
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Insulin Infusions in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Pediatrics, 2000
To the Editor. We read with interest the article by Fuloria et al on insulin infusions in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.1The authors concluded that priming the tubing with a higher concentration of insulin (5 U/mL) before the initiation of a standard insulin infusion therapy should accelerate the achievement of steady-state insulin ...
Avent, M, Whitfield, J
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Tubular dysfunction in extremely low birth weight survivors

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology, 2018
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) survivors may develop glomerulosclerosis due to low nephron number, whereas their tubular function remains unknown except for hypercalciuria and phosphaturia.Fifty-three subjects (30 boys and 23 girls, aged 7 months-19 years, median 36 months) were studied retrospectively.
Kazuya Matsumura, Yohei Matsuzaki, Mariko Hida, Kazushige Ikeda, Midori Awazu   +4 more
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Causes of Death in the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

Pediatrics, 1999
Objective. To present primary and secondary causes of death confirmed by autopsy for the extremely low birth weight infant. Methods. A total of 111 infants weighing between 300 and 1000 g at birth who died and were autopsied at our hospital during ...
L, Barton, J E, Hodgman, Z, Pavlova
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Practice of Enteral Nutrition in Very Low Birth Weight and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

2014
The perinatal period is critical for human development. The brain of very low birth weight (VLBW,
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Thermoregulation of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonate

Neonatal Network
The birth of an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonate is complex because of their immaturity. Respiratory and hemodynamic stabilization often takes precedence in the immediate delivery period. While establishing effective breathing and circulation is vital to the survival of the neonate, it is crucial to understand that other adverse outcomes can ...
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Postnatal growth of infants with very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight

SOVREMENNAYA PEDIATRIYA, 2015
Мета: оцінити параметри постнатального фізичного розвитку (ПНФР) у дітей з дуже малою масою тіла (ДММТ) та надзвичайно малою масою тіла (НММТ); визначити достовірні відмінності у параметрах ПНФР між хлопчиками і дівчатками. Пацієнти і методи. 126 дітям з ДММТ (n=92) і НММТ (n=34), серед них 46% хлопчиків і 54% дівчаток, проведена оцінка відповідності ...
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Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

Pediatrics, 1995
Objective. To review the survival rate, the incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and the rate of blindness caused by ROP in extremely low birth weight (ELBW, birth weight 500 to 999 g) infants born between January 1, 1977, and December 31, 1992, and to determine whether increasing survival rates of ELBW infants are accompanied by
C G, Keith, L W, Doyle
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