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Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants from the Vermont Oxford Network: 1998–2003
Author(s) -
C Mercier,
Michael Dunn,
Karla Ferrelli,
Diantha B. Howard,
Roger F. Soll
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000260136
Subject(s) - medicine , low birth weight , pediatrics , logistic regression , birth weight , intraventricular hemorrhage , periventricular leukomalacia , gestational age , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Physicians and parents face significant uncertainties when making care decisions for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Many published estimates of death and developmental outcome are from well-funded university programs and may not reflect outcomes of infants from a variety of settings. The best estimates of the probabilities of death and severe disability combine local experience and published data.

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