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Growth and very low birth weight. [PDF]

open access: greenArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1989
Information on the likelihood of catch up growth in poorly grown very low birthweight children is sparse. The centiles for weight, height, and head circumference were recorded at both 2 and 5 years of age for 135 very low birthweight children and 42 normal birthweight children.
William H. Kitchen   +2 more
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Eosinophilia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

open access: yesPediatrics & Neonatology, 2010
Eosinophilia is common in premature infants, though its clinical significance remains unknown. This study investigated the pattern of eosinophilia and related factors in very low birth-weight (VLBW) infants.The medical records of VLBW infants (birth body weight < 1500 g) admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care center of Cheng ...
Mei Mei Yang   +5 more
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Quality of life of adults born very preterm or very low birth weight : a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Aim To establish differences in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults born term and those born very preterm (VPT) and/or with a very low birth weight (VLBW). Methods Our systematic review is preregistered under PROSPERO‐ID CRD42018084005.
Grevinga, Manon   +4 more
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preterm Birth and Later Systolic Blood Pressure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Lower birth weight because of fetal growth restriction is associated with higher blood pressure later in life, but the extent to which preterm birth (
Behrman RE   +10 more
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Nutrition of very low birth-weight infants [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
Background Numerous studies have underlined the importance of early feeding on shortand long-term development of very low birth-weight (VLBW) neonates [1,2]. Nutrition of preterm infants may be divided in two subsequent periods: the early adaptive or “transition” period from birth to the second week of life followed by the “stable-growing” period up to
DE CURTIS, MARIO   +3 more
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Acceptability and feasibility of collecting psychosocial data from fathers of very low birth weight infants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of collecting outcome data from parents of very low birth weight infants, and to explore the psychological and social adaptation of fathers.
A Adlam   +10 more
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Hyponatraemia in very low birth weight infants

open access: yesEast African Medical Journal, 2002
Infants less than 1500 grams at birth have been demonstrated to be particularly prone to development of low levels of serum sodium often leading to increased early neonatal morbidity and mortality. No local study has been done to quantify this problem among sick newborns.
Ndwiga, D N, Were, F N, Musoke, R N
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Myocardial Function Maturation in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants and Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Myocardial function in very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWIs) develops during early postnatal life, but different patterns of temporal evolution that might be related to the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are not completely ...
Benavente Fernández, Isabel   +3 more
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