"Infant, 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 having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.
| Descriptor ID |
D007230
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.060.703.520.460
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| Concept/Terms |
Infant, Low Birth Weight- Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Low-Birth-Weight Infant
- Infant, Low-Birth-Weight
- Infants, Low-Birth-Weight
- Low Birth Weight Infant
- Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Low Birth Weight- Low Birth Weight
- Birth Weight, Low
- Birth Weights, Low
- Low Birth Weights
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant, Low Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Mediators of racial and ethnic disparity in mother's own milk feeding in very low birth weight infants. Pediatr Res. 2019 04; 85(5):662-670.
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Human Milk Provision Experiences, Goals, and Outcomes for Teen Mothers with Low-Birth-Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeed Med. 2017 Jul/Aug; 12(6):351-358.
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Oropharyngeal administration of colostrum to extremely low birth weight infants: theoretical perspectives. J Perinatol. 2009 Jan; 29(1):1-7.
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Accuracy of a user-friendly centrifuge for measuring creamatocrits on mothers' milk in the clinical setting. Breastfeed Med. 2006; 1(2):79-87.
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Promoting the exclusive feeding of own mother's milk through the use of hindmilk and increased maternal milk volume for hospitalized, low birth weight infants (< 1800 grams) in Nigeria: a feasibility study. J Hum Lact. 2003 May; 19(2):191-8.
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Mothers' milk feedings in the neonatal intensive care unit: accuracy of the creamatocrit technique. J Perinatol. 2002 Dec; 22(8):646-9.
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Heart rate variability in preterm brain-injured and very-low-birth-weight infants. Biol Neonate. 2000 Mar; 77(3):147-55.
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Influence of increased survival in very low birth weight, low birth weight, and normal birth weight infants on the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome in the United States: 1985-1991. J Pediatr. 1998 Jul; 133(1):73-8.
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State of the science. Breastfeeding for mothers and low birth weight infants. Nurs Clin North Am. 1996 Jun; 31(2):351-65.