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- Title
Factors affecting nursery survival of very low birth weight infants.
- Authors
Teberg, Annabel J.; Hotrakitya, Satit; Wu, Paul Y. K.; Yeh, Sze-Ya; Hoppenbrouwers, Toke
- Abstract
398 infants with birthweight (BW) 500-1500 g born from January 2 1982 to December 1983 were studied to determine incidence and survival rate by BW and gestational age (GA) categories and to determine causes of death and factors influencing mortality. 58% of the group survived. Factors other than those in the perinatal and postnatal period did not significantly influence survival. Infants with BW below 1000 g delivered by elective C-section had better survival than those delivered vaginally. Surival increased progressively with increasing BW and GA categories with GA more than BW being the limiting factor. Eleven (6.6%) of the deaths in the very low birth weight infants occurred during the nursery period after 28 days of age. These deaths would not have been addressed in the neonatal mortality.
- Publication
Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 1987, Vol 15, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
0300-5577
- Publication type
Article