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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	M01.060.703.520.460.600
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 Very Low Birth Weight Very Low Birth Weight

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Infant, Very Low Birth Weight".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Age Groups [M01.060]
Infant [M01.060.703]
Infant, Newborn [M01.060.703.520]
Infant, Low Birth Weight [M01.060.703.520.460]
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight [M01.060.703.520.460.600]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Infant, Very Low Birth Weight".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Infant, Very Low Birth Weight".

Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	2	3
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	2	2
2019	3	1	4
2021	2	1	3
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	0	1

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Healy H, Levesque B, Leeman KT, Vaidya R, Whitesel E, Chu S, Goldstein J, Gupta S, Sinha B, Gupta M, Aurora M. Neonatal respiratory care practice among level III and IV NICUs in New England. J Perinatol. 2024 Sep; 44(9):1291-1299.

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Assad M, Jerome M, Olyaei A, Nizich S, Hedges M, Gosselin K, Scottoline B. Dilemmas in establishing preterm enteral feeding: where do we start and how fast do we go? J Perinatol. 2023 09; 43(9):1194-1199.

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Parker MG, de Cuba SE, Rateau LJ, Shea M, Sandel MT, Frank DA, Cutts DB, Heeren T, L?-Scherban F, Black MM, Ochoa ER, Rose-Jacobs R, Garg A. Associations of household unmet basic needs and health outcomes among very low birth weight children. J Perinatol. 2023 03; 43(3):364-370.

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Melvin P, Kalluri NS, Pe?a MM, Belfort MB, Parker MG. Association of Primary Language with Provision of Mother's Milk Among Very-Low-Birthweight Infants in Massachusetts. Breastfeed Med. 2023 02; 18(2):116-123.

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Brochier A, Tripodis Y, Garg A, Parker MG. Beyond income: material hardship and the health and healthcare of premature children. J Perinatol. 2023 03; 43(3):357-363.

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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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