Prognosis for extremely low birth weight babies in Jamaica
West Indian med. j
; 24(3): 138-43, Sept. 1975.
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| ID: med-11126
Biblioteca responsable:
JM3.1
Ubicación: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
The status of 35 children who weighed less than 1,500 grams when born at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, between 1969 and 1973, was compared with that of 37 matched normal birth weight controls. Follow-up was in February and March, 1975, two to six years after birth. Low birth weight children were socially disadvantaged and physically smaller when compared with controls. No significant physical handicaps were identified. More of the low birth weight children failed to pass a developmental screening test as "normal" (8/35) than controls (2/37). (Xý=4.35,p<0.04). However, only 46 percent of surviving extremely low birth weight babies were examined, and the possibility of handicap in the untraced minority remains (AU)
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MedCarib
Asunto principal:
Peso al Nacer
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Recien Nacido Prematuro
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Año:
1975
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Article