Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Infants With Birth Weights of 401 to 500 Grams—The Vermont Oxford Network Experience (1996–2000)
Lucey J, Rowan C, Shiono P, Wilkinson A, Kilpatrick S, Payne N, Horbar J, Carpenter J, Rogowski J, Soll R. Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Infants With Birth Weights of 401 to 500 Grams—The Vermont Oxford Network Experience (1996–2000). Pediatrics 2004, 113: 1559-1566. PMID: 15173474, DOI: 10.1542/peds.113.6.1559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitDelivery roomGestational ageVermont Oxford Network databaseLow birth weight infantsBirth weight 401Birth weight infantsIntensive care unitLong-term outcomesPopulation of infantsImpact of treatmentNICU admissionNICU survivorsWeight infantsCesarean sectionSerious morbidityCare unitPrenatal steroidsSignificant morbidityBirth weightClinical dataHigh incidenceInfantsMorbidityHigh rate