"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.
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
| Descriptor ID |
D001724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.186 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.186 E05.041.124.160.750.149 G07.100.100.160.120.186 G07.345.249.314.120.186
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| Concept/Terms |
Birth Weight- Birth Weight
- Birth Weights
- Weight, Birth
- Weights, Birth
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants fed an exclusive human milk-based diet versus a mixed human milk?+?bovine milk-based diet: a multi-center study. J Perinatol. 2022 11; 42(11):1485-1488.
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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast milk feedings in US neonatal intensive care units. Pediatr Res. 2021 01; 89(2):344-352.
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Dose escalation study of bovine lactoferrin in preterm infants: getting the dose right. Biochem Cell Biol. 2021 02; 99(1):7-13.
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Treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) outside International Classification of ROP (ICROP) guidelines. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 Jun; 258(6):1205-1210.
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A Potential Role for the NOD1 Variant (rs6958571) in Gram-Positive Blood Stream Infection in ELBW Infants. Neonatology. 2017; 112(4):354-358.
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NICU Human Milk Dose and 20-Month Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Neonatology. 2017; 112(4):330-336.
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Evidence of Early Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol. 2017 07; 34(8):801-807.
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Influence of own mother's milk on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and costs. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2017 May; 102(3):F256-F261.
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Longitudinal Survey of Microbiota in Hospitalized Preterm Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Feb; 62(2):292-303.
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Cost savings of human milk as a strategy to reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. Neonatology. 2015; 107(4):271-6.