Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
"Infant, Very 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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.
| Descriptor ID |
D019102
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.703.520.460.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight- Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
- Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant
- Infant, Very-Low-Birth-Weight
- Infants, Very-Low-Birth-Weight
- Very Low Birth Weight Infant
- Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant, Very Low Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Unprecedented reduction in births of very low birthweight (VLBW) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland: a 'natural experiment' allowing analysis of data from the prior two decades. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 09; 5(9).
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Postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection in extremely premature infants: how best to manage? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2020 May; 105(3):334-339.
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Smoking during Pregnancy and Adverse Birth and Maternal Outcomes in California, 2007 to 2016. Am J Perinatol. 2020 11; 37(13):1364-1376.
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Fungal Ecology in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after 16 Years of Routine Fluconazole Prophylaxis: No Emergence of Native Fluconazole-Resistant Strains. Am J Perinatol. 2019 07; 36(S 02):S126-S133.
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Anemia induces gut inflammation and injury in an animal model of preterm infants. Transfusion. 2019 04; 59(4):1233-1245.
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Enteral iron supplementation, red blood cell transfusion, and risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very-low-birth-weight infants. Transfusion. 2019 05; 59(5):1675-1682.
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Urinary acute kidney injury biomarkers in very low-birth-weight infants on indomethacin for patent ductus arteriosus. Pediatr Res. 2019 04; 85(5):678-686.
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Neurodevelopmental outcome and adaptive behaviour in extremely low birth weight infants at 2 years of corrected age. Early Hum Dev. 2019 01; 128:81-85.
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Prevalence, mortality and risk factors associated with very low birth weight preterm infants: an analysis of 33 years. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020 May - Jun; 96(3):327-332.
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Telomere length and salivary cortisol stress reactivity in very preterm infants. Early Hum Dev. 2019 02; 129:1-4.