Hospital mortality of very low birth weight newborn infants

2007 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-287
Author(s):  
Carlos Grandi
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Newborn Infants

Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-357
Author(s):  
WILLIAM TARNOW-MORDI ◽  
ANDREW WILKINSON
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Severity Of Disease ◽  
Weight Outcomes ◽  
Initial Severity

To the Editor.— In their valuable report1 Dr Hack and colleagues confirm large variations between centers in the perinatal histories, treatment, and outcomes of very low birth weight infants. Unfortunately, in contrast to earlier reports,2,3 they neglect to mention the need for measures of initial disease severity. This is an important omission. In a survey of nine pediatric intensive care centers Pollack et al4 showed that hospital mortality varied from 3.6% to 17%. This large variation was explained completely by differences between hospital populations in initial severity of disease, calculated from routine indices of physiologic stability on the day of admission.

scholarly journals The cardiothoracic ratio in AGA and SGA very low birth weight newborn infants

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 769-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Wozniak ◽  
S A Hussain ◽  
H Goldman ◽  
I L Hand
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Cardiothoracic Ratio

Serum selenium levels of the very low birth weight premature newborn infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Peirovifar ◽  
Manizheh Mostafa Gharehbaghi ◽  
Hossein Abdulmohammad-zadeh ◽  
Gholam Hossein Sadegi ◽  
Abulghasem Jouyban
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Serum Selenium ◽  
Premature Newborn ◽  
Serum Selenium Levels

NEONATAL ICU: what mothers say

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-214
Author(s):  
Raphaela Santos Neves ◽  
Jennyfer Zimmermann ◽  
Camilla Volpato Broering
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Intensive Therapy ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Premature Baby ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Babies

The present study has as objective to analize the percepcion of mothers of preterm babies with very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight under the process of hospitalization of their infants in a neonatal intensive therapy unit (NITU). Ten mothers of premature newborn infants hospitalized in a reference maternity in the execution of the Kangaroo Method, located in Florianópolis – SC participated of the research. The instruments used for the data gathering were the sociodemographic data record to trace the profile of the partcipants; and a semi structured interview script to explore some unfoldings about the experience of the hospitalization of their infants in the NITU, among them, the gestational and hospitalization process. The results suggests that these mothers experience an oscilation of feelings motivated by insecurity and fear, considering the clinical complications and the health situation of their infants. They also evidenced that the birth of a premature baby causes many modifications in the familiar life, specially of the mothers who takes on the role of accompany in the hospital unit, expressing the need of support, considering that sometimes, they leave their other infants under the care of another person and their further activities. Finally, it pointed out the importance of the care lined in the principles of humanization, meaning not only the care of preterm babies, but, of these mothers and families that find themselves fragilized due the lived experience, as well.

Red Blood Cell Transfusions are Independently Associated with Intra-Hospital Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants

2011 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-376.e3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amélia Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos ◽  
Ruth Guinsburg ◽  
Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida ◽  
Renato S. Procianoy ◽  
Cléa Rodrigues Leone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Hospital Mortality ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Red Blood Cell ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Red Blood Cell Transfusions

Early onset sepsis in very low birth weight newborn infants

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (sup3) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pisani ◽  
Bianca Bizzarri ◽  
Veronica Cardi ◽  
Roberto Pedicino ◽  
Fabio Natale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Early Onset Sepsis

The Neutral Temperature of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-289
Author(s):  
PIETER J. J. SAUER ◽  
HENK K. A. VISSER
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Neutral Temperature

Recently, guidelines for perinatal care were published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.1 In a chapter on thermoregulation of newborn infants, recommendations for the neutral temperature of newborn infants are given. These recommendations are based on studies done more than 15 years ago.2,3 Although most of the recommendations are still valid, the values given for very low-birth-weight infants during the first week of life might need reconsideration based on more recent studies. In the original studies, infants were grouped by birth weight and not by gestational age. The group called the "smaller prematures" had a mean birth weight of 1,276 g; all weighed less than 1,500 g.

Mortality in Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants According to Place of Birth and Level of Care: Results of a National Collaborative Survey of Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Netherlands

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-411
Author(s):  
S. Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick ◽  
Robert A. Verwey ◽  
Marij C. A. Ebeling ◽  
Ronald Brand ◽  
Jan H. Ruys
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Optimal Care ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
Level 3

As part of a collaborative project in the Netherlands in 1983, for which data were collected on 1,338 newborn infants (<32 weeks' gestation and/or <1,500 g birth weight), all infants were assigned to one of three levels of care according to hospital of birth. Considerable centralization was achieved by antenatal and neonatal transport. Although the uncorrected mortality rates were similar, the mortality odds (adjusted for four and 22 potential confounding perinatal factors, respectively) were significantly higher in level 1 and level 2 hospitals compared with level 3 hospitals (tertiary perinatal care centers). By extending the facilities for full perinatal intensive care in level 3 centers and thus providing optimal care for all such infants, the overall mortality rate is expected to decrease further.

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