Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
"Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1000 grams (2.2 lbs), regardless of GESTATIONAL AGE.
| Descriptor ID |
D052577
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.703.520.460.600.500
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Bhat V, Fojas M, Saslow JG, Shah S, Sannoh S, Amendolia B, Pyon K, Kemble N, Stahl G, Aghai ZH. Twice-weekly fluconazole prophylaxis in premature infants: association with cholestasis. Pediatr Int. 2011 Aug; 53(4):475-9.
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Abbasi S, Oxford C, Gerdes J, Sehdev H, Ludmir J. Antenatal corticosteroids prior to 24 weeks' gestation and neonatal outcome of extremely low birth weight infants. Am J Perinatol. 2010 Jan; 27(1):61-6.