Open AccessMortality and morbidity of very low birth weight newborn infants assisted in Buenos Aires public hospitals
Author(s) -
Jorge Tavosnanska,
Irene M Carreras,
Diana Fariña,
Guillermo Luchtenberg,
María Luisa Celadilla,
Marcela Celotto,
Norma Ferreiro,
Jorge González,
Isaac Grois,
Jorge Lamelas,
Mario Mardyks,
Abel Menalled,
Mariana Panzitta,
Noemí Petruccelli,
Claudio Solana,
Luis Somaruga,
Sandra Caparrós,
Alberto Capriata,
Daniel Gangi,
Nora Goyeneche,
Paula Molina,
Delia Nagel,
Juan Orsini,
Adriana L Piñón,
Elio Rojas,
Liliana Roldán,
Cecilia Rubio,
Marta Russmann,
Mario Siniscalco
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2012.eng.394
Subject(s) - low birth weight , medicine , pediatrics , birth weight , pregnancy , biology , genetics
The Neonatal Network of Public Hospitals in the city of Buenos Aires closely monitors the progress of newborn infants with a birth weight less than 1500 g (very low birth weight, VLBW) because it largely contributes to neonatal morbidity and mortality.