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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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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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Kalluri NS, Melvin P, Belfort MB, Gupta M, Cordova-Ramos EG, Parker MG. Maternal language disparities in neonatal intensive care unit outcomes. J Perinatol. 2022 06; 42(6):723-729.
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Parker MG, Stellwagen LM, Noble L, Kim JH, Poindexter BB, Puopolo KM. Promoting Human Milk and Breastfeeding for the Very Low Birth Weight Infant. Pediatrics. 2021 11; 148(5).
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Luke B, Brown MB, Wantman E, Forestieri NE, Browne ML, Fisher SC, Yazdy MM, Ethen MK, Canfield MA, Nichols HB, Oehninger S, Doody KJ, Sutcliffe AG, Williams C, Eisenberg ML, Baker VL, Sacha CR, Lupo PJ. Risks of nonchromosomal birth defects, small-for-gestational age birthweight, and prematurity with in vitro fertilization: effect of number of embryos transferred and plurality at conception versus at birth. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2021 Apr; 38(4):835-846.
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Liu J, Parker MG, Lu T, Conroy SM, Oehlert J, Lee HC, Gomez SL, Shariff-Marco S, Profit J. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Human Milk Intake at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Discharge among Very Low Birth Weight Infants in California. J Pediatr. 2020 03; 218:49-56.e3.
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Parker MG, Burnham LA, Melvin P, Singh R, Lopera AM, Belfort MB, Moses JM, Gupta M. Addressing Disparities in Mother's Milk for VLBW Infants Through Statewide Quality Improvement. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1).
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Parker MG, Melvin P, Graham DA, Gupta M, Burnham LA, Lopera AM, Zera CA, Belfort MB. Timing of First Milk Expression to Maximize Breastfeeding Continuation Among Mothers of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 133(6):1208-1215.
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Belfort MB, Edwards EM, Greenberg LT, Parker MG, Ehret DY, Horbar JD. Diet, weight gain, and head growth in hospitalized US very preterm infants: a 10-year observational study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 05 01; 109(5):1373-1379.
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Parker MG, Lopera AM, Kalluri NS, Kistin CJ. "I Felt Like I Was a Part of Trying to Keep My Baby Alive": Perspectives of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Black Mothers in Providing Milk for Their Very Preterm Infants. Breastfeed Med. 2018 12; 13(10):657-665.
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Parker MG, Gupta M, Melvin P, Burnham LA, Lopera AM, Moses JM, Litt JS, Belfort MB. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Mother's Milk Feeding for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Massachusetts. J Pediatr. 2019 01; 204:134-141.e1.
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Parker MG, Patel AL. Using quality improvement to increase human milk use for preterm infants. Semin Perinatol. 2017 04; 41(3):175-186.