extremely low birth weight infant

Neonatology An infant weighing ≤ 1000g at birth, who is at high risk for neurobehavioral dysfunction and poor school performance. See Low birth weight, Limits of viability. Cf Very low birth weight.

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Porcelli et al24 reported that extremely low birth weight infant who received breast milk in second week of life but not on 4th week of life, were at lower risk of ROP, suggesting that earlier intake of breast milk is associated with lower risk of ROP.

EFFECT OF HUMAN MILK ON DEVELOPMENT OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY

Birth to breast--a feeding care map for the NICU: helping the extremely low birth weight infant navigate the course.

Association between type of feeding at discharge from the hospital and nutritional status of very low birth weight preterm infants

Heird et al., "Workshop summary: Nutrition of the extremely low birth weight infant," Pediatrics, vol.

Postnatal Growth Restriction Is Reduced If Birth Weight Is Used for Nutritional Calculations in ELBW Infants

Based on observations of more than 4,000 infants, researchers in an NIH newborn research network have identified several factors that influence an extremely low birth weight infant's chances for survival and disability.

NIH Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival, Disability

Phases of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in the extremely low birth weight infant. Pediatrics 1995;96:484-9.

Assessing fluid and electrolyte status in the newborn

Additional protein fortification is necessary in extremely low birth weight infants fed human milk.

What should be the protein target for adjustable Human Milk fortification in premature infants?

Growth trajectories of extremely low birth weight infants from birth to young adulthood: a longitudinal, population-based study.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES (ELBW) VERSUS VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES (VLBW) TILL ONE YEAR OF CORRECTED AGE IN TERMS OF GROWTH

(17) reported that the application of Tochen's rule in extremely low birth weight infants led to inadequate tube placement in almost half the infants.

Assessment of Endotracheal Tube Position After Oral Intubation in Neonates

Outcome of extremely low birth weight infants with leukemoid reaction.

Treatment of metabolic abnormalities with rasburicase in a premature neonate

A randomized controlled trial of the oropharyngeal administration of mother's colostrum to extremely low birth weight infants in the first days of life.

Oropharyngeal administration of mother's colostrum: a literature review/ Colostroterapia: uma revisao da literatura

Sue Broyles, "Necrotizing enterocolitis and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely low birth weight infants < 1000 g," Journal of Perinatology, vol.

The Neurodevelopmental Perspective of Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis: The Role of the Gut-Brain Axis

Bas, "The incidence and risk factors of severe retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low birth weight infants in Turkey," Medical Science Monitor, vol.

Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in China and the Need for Earlier Screening Times