Vaginal Delivery and Neonatal Outcome in Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants Below 26 Weeks of Gestational Age

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Vaginal Delivery ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Neonatal Outcome ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants

Reticulocyte Count: The Forgotten Factor in Transfusion Decisions for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Nakhla ◽  
Alla Kushnir ◽  
Rafat Ahmed ◽  
Vineet Bhandari ◽  
Krystal Hunter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Reticulocyte Count ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Reference Ranges ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Packed Red Blood Cells

Background: Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants often receive transfusions of packed red blood cells. Long-term outcomes of infants treated with liberal versus restricted transfusion criteria have been evaluated with conflicting results. Clinicians incorporate a reticulocyte count (RC) in their transfusion decisions. There is a lack of information on reference ranges for RCs in growing ELBW infants and whether infant’s chronologic age or corrected gestational age generates a specific trend in the RCs. Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the levels of RCs obtained from ELBW infants over the course of the initial hospitalization. Study Design: A retrospective chart review of ELBW infants treated in the neonatal intensive care unit and had RCs performed. We analyzed the RCs to observe trends based on the chronologic age and corrected gestational age. Results: A total of 738 RCs were analyzed. A positive trend in RCs that reached a peak at 32-34 weeks corrected gestational age and then experienced a downward trend was observed. Conclusions: Our report examines a very common hematologic test that is theoretically helpful but is in need of guidelines concerning the appropriate frequency of testing and its utility in making transfusion decisions in ELBW infants.

Bone fracture in severe small-for-gestational-age, extremely low birth weight infants: A single-center analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 106-107 ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidehiko Maruyama ◽  
Shoichiro Amari ◽  
Hideshi Fujinaga ◽  
Shuhei Fujino ◽  
Junko Nagasawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Small For Gestational Age ◽  
Bone Fracture ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Single Center ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants
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