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Very Low Birth Weight

MedGen UID:
76493
Concept ID:
C0282666
Sign or Symptom

Definition

Birth weight less than 1500 grams. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Roberts AG, Younge N, Greenberg RG
Paediatr Drugs 2024 May;26(3):259-275. Epub 2024 Apr 2 doi: 10.1007/s40272-024-00626-w. PMID: 38564081
Yadav P, Yadav SK
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2022 Mar 11;60(247):318-324. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7324. PMID: 35633256Free PMC Article
Rodriguez L, Dinauer C, Francis G
Trends Endocrinol Metab 2022 Jul;33(7):522-532. Epub 2022 May 7 doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2022.04.007. PMID: 35537910

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nakayama K, Ichikawa G, Naganuma J, Koyama S, Arisaka O, Sairenchi T, Kobashi G, Yoshihara S
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2022 Jan 27;35(1):105-108. Epub 2021 Nov 30 doi: 10.1515/jpem-2021-0333. PMID: 34845885
Parker LA, Desorcy-Scherer K, Magalhães M
Adv Neonatal Care 2021 Dec 1;21(6):493-502. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000849. PMID: 33675303
Elgendy MM, Othman H, Aly H
Eur J Pediatr 2021 Feb;180(2):513-518. Epub 2021 Jan 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03894-z. PMID: 33410940
Moya F
World Rev Nutr Diet 2014;110:239-52. Epub 2014 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000358473. PMID: 24751634
Hsieh WS
Pediatr Neonatol 2014 Apr;55(2):79-80. Epub 2014 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.11.001. PMID: 24412005

Diagnosis

Shope C, Ritter A, Karlin S, Lee LW, Cotton CH
Neoreviews 2023 Mar 1;24(3):e175-e180. doi: 10.1542/neo.24-3-e175. PMID: 36854848
Yadav P, Yadav SK
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2022 Mar 11;60(247):318-324. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7324. PMID: 35633256Free PMC Article
Elgendy MM, Othman H, Aly H
Eur J Pediatr 2021 Feb;180(2):513-518. Epub 2021 Jan 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03894-z. PMID: 33410940
Caplan MS
Semin Perinatol 2017 Feb;41(1):1. Epub 2016 Nov 8 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.09.011. PMID: 27836426
Belfort MB, Ehrenkranz RA
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2017 Feb;22(1):42-48. Epub 2016 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.09.001. PMID: 27692935

Therapy

Walsh V, Brown JVE, Copperthwaite BR, Oddie SJ, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Dec 27;12(12):CD013542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013542.pub2. PMID: 33368149Free PMC Article
Sharif S, Meader N, Oddie SJ, Rojas-Reyes MX, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Oct 15;10(10):CD005496. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005496.pub5. PMID: 33058137Free PMC Article
Walsh V, McGuire W
Neonatology 2019;115(4):398-405. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000497332. PMID: 30974431
Silveira RC, Mendes EW, Fuentefria RN, Valentini NC, Procianoy RS
BMC Pediatr 2018 Aug 9;18(1):268. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1240-6. PMID: 30092772Free PMC Article
Dutta S, Singh B, Chessell L, Wilson J, Janes M, McDonald K, Shahid S, Gardner VA, Hjartarson A, Purcha M, Watson J, de Boer C, Gaal B, Fusch C
Nutrients 2015 Jan 8;7(1):423-42. doi: 10.3390/nu7010423. PMID: 25580815Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Inoue H, Matsunaga Y, Sawano T, Fujiyoshi J, Kinjo T, Ochiai M, Nagata K, Matsuura T, Taguchi T, Ohga S
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Nov;185(11):3459-3465. Epub 2021 Aug 20 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62466. PMID: 34415101
McLeod JS, Menon A, Matusko N, Weiner GM, Gadepalli SK, Barks J, Mychaliska GB, Perrone EE
J Perinatol 2020 May;40(5):695-703. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0650-0. PMID: 32203174
Kawai M
Am J Perinatol 2018 Oct;35(12):1138-1141. Epub 2018 Apr 24 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1645859. PMID: 29689579
Youn YA, Kim EK, Kim SY
J Korean Med Sci 2015 Oct;30 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S75-80. Epub 2015 Oct 27 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.S1.S75. PMID: 26566361Free PMC Article
Bendel CM
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2005 Sep;24(9):831-2. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000178291.40568.ef. PMID: 16148852

Clinical prediction guides

Salas AA, Gunawan E, Nguyen K, Reeves A, Argent V, Finck A, Carlo WA
Pediatrics 2023 Sep 1;152(3) doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061603. PMID: 37551512Free PMC Article
Fleiss N, Polin RA
Curr Opin Pediatr 2023 Apr 1;35(2):218-222. Epub 2022 Nov 29 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001207. PMID: 36449658
Zeigler AC, Ainsworth JE, Fairchild KD, Wynn JL, Sullivan BA
Am J Perinatol 2023 Mar;40(4):407-414. Epub 2021 May 10 doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1728829. PMID: 33971672Free PMC Article
McLeod JS, Menon A, Matusko N, Weiner GM, Gadepalli SK, Barks J, Mychaliska GB, Perrone EE
J Perinatol 2020 May;40(5):695-703. Epub 2020 Mar 18 doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0650-0. PMID: 32203174
Robinson JR, Rellinger EJ, Hatch LD, Weitkamp JH, Speck KE, Danko M, Blakely ML
Semin Perinatol 2017 Feb;41(1):70-79. Epub 2016 Nov 8 doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2016.09.020. PMID: 27836422Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Sharif S, Meader N, Oddie SJ, Rojas-Reyes MX, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jul 26;7(7):CD005496. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005496.pub6. PMID: 37493095Free PMC Article
Conde-Agudelo A, Romero R, Rehal A, Brizot ML, Serra V, Da Fonseca E, Cetingoz E, Syngelaki A, Perales A, Hassan SS, Nicolaides KH
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023 Dec;229(6):599-616.e3. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.05.010. PMID: 37196896Free PMC Article
Walsh V, Brown JVE, Copperthwaite BR, Oddie SJ, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Dec 27;12(12):CD013542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013542.pub2. PMID: 33368149Free PMC Article
Miller J, Tonkin E, Damarell RA, McPhee AJ, Suganuma M, Suganuma H, Middleton PF, Makrides M, Collins CT
Nutrients 2018 May 31;10(6) doi: 10.3390/nu10060707. PMID: 29857555Free PMC Article
Pascal A, Govaert P, Oostra A, Naulaers G, Ortibus E, Van den Broeck C
Dev Med Child Neurol 2018 Apr;60(4):342-355. Epub 2018 Jan 19 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13675. PMID: 29350401

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