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Hyperkalemia in very low birth weight infants
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1992To assess the frequency and pathogenesis of hyperkalemia in the very low birth weight infant.Infants who weighed less than 1000 gm at birth were prospectively entered into the study within 12 hours of birth. Potential risk factors for hyperkalemia were assessed.
Virginia M. Meade +4 more
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Nutrition in Very Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Clinics in Perinatology, 1986The VVLBW infant's limited nutritional reserves, high requirements for normal growth and development, and gastrointestinal immaturity pose a particularly challenging nutritional problem. Given the potential consequences of inadequate or inappropriate nutritional management, we are obligated to make nutrition a high priority in the overall care of VVLBW
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Breastfeeding of Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Journal of Human Lactation, 1998This research examines the rate of breastfeeding among mothers of very low birth weight infants (VLBW, <1500 grams), and the correlates of breast milk pumping and transition to nursing at the breast. Eighty-two mothers and their 69 singleton and 21 twin VLBW infants admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (January 1-June 30, 1995) of an urban ...
Maureen Hack, Lydia Furman, Nori Minich
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MALFORMATIONS IN INFANTS OF VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Medical Journal of Australia, 1977The incidence of lethal, serious and trivial malformations was determined in a consecutive series of 675 infants who weightd 1500 g or less (very low birth weight infants). All patients were born in one maternity hospital. Most of the 169 survivors were followed until at least five years of age.
W. H. Kitchen, Denys W. Fortune
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Rickets in a Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1989A report on a case of rickets in a very low birth weight infant (VLBWI) is presented. The infant had no highârisk factors for rickets and was fed a specialized preterm formula with vitamin D supplementation (200 IU daily) by 10 days of age. Feeds were advanced so that an enteral intake of 120 cal/kg/day was achieved by the 20th day of life.
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The Very Low Birth Weight Fetus
1993In 1860, two hundred fifty years after Richard HI alluded to the problems of prematurity, a British pediatrician, W.J. Little, provided the first clinical documentation of the very low birth weight (VLBW) infant (birth weight < 1500 g).1 Despite significant improvements in perinatal and neonatal care the mortality, cost, ethical dilemmas, and handicaps
Robert J. Austin, Atef H. Moawad
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Physiology of Infants With Very Low Birth Weight
Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2000Advances in neonatal management have resulted in dramatic increases in survival in infants with birth weights less than 1,500 g. Extensive basic science and clinical research has led to a more comprehensive understanding of the physiological differences between the VLBW infant and larger neonates. Meticulous attention must be paid to appropriate fluid,
Lucky Jain, Hanmin Lee
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Rehospitalization of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1988Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants are at high risk of mortality, morbidity, and rehospitalization in the first years of life, but little information is available to predict which VLBW infants are likely to require rehospitalization. This study describes a sample of 79 VLBW infants cared for in a charity hospital.
Judith Fishbein +3 more
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Rickets in very low-birth-weight infants
The Journal of Pediatrics, 1980THE ASSOCIATION of rickets with prematurity has received increased attention in the past ten years because of the improved survival rates and increasing numbers of observations in very low-birth-weight infants. '-7 Calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D deficiency have been implicated as causative factors in these infants, many of whom have illnesses ...
Michael B. Sheehan +6 more
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Fits in Children of Very Low Birth Weight
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1964SUMMARYOut of 1081 surviving children weighing 4 lb. or less at birth followed up when they were between 6 and 8 years of age, 102 (9.4 per cent) were found to have a history of one or more fits. Excluding children with cerebral palsy or mental deficiency, both of which conditions are commoner in children of this birth weight than in heavier children ...
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