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,
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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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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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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Adaptation and Acceptability of a Digitally Delivered Intervention for Parents of Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Nurs Res. 2020 Sep/Oct; 69(5S Suppl 1):S47-S56.
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Strategies to increase the use of mother's own milk for infants at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Res. 2020 08; 88(Suppl 1):21-24.
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NICU human milk dose and health care use after NICU discharge in very low birth weight infants. J Perinatol. 2019 01; 39(1):120-128.
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Elevated maternal anxiety in the NICU predicts worse fine motor outcome in VLBW infants. Early Hum Dev. 2018 01; 116:33-39.
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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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Barriers to Human Milk Feeding at Discharge of Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants: Maternal Goal Setting as a Key Social Factor. Breastfeed Med. 2017 Jan/Feb; 12:20-27.
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Donor Human Milk Update: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Priorities for Research and Practice. J Pediatr. 2017 01; 180:15-21.
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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.
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Health, nutrition, and cost outcomes of human milk feedings for very low birthweight infants. Adv Nutr. 2013 Nov; 4(6):670-1.
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Calculating postnatal growth velocity in very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants. J Perinatol. 2009 Sep; 29(9):618-22.