Short-Term Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Born at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
| Author | Deniz Atalay | en |
| Author | Özgül Salihoğlu | en |
| Author | Emrah Can | en |
| Author | Ayşegül Beşkardeş | en |
| Author | Sami Hatipoğlu | en |
| Issued Date | 2013-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Objective: To evaluate mortality and short-term outcomes in very low birth weight infants admitted to the tertiary neonatal intensive care unit, Istanbul, Turkey. Methods: Study data were recorded prospectively from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010. The clinical findings in neonates with birth weights II) was 14%. Grade 4 periventricular leukomalacia was 10%. Twelve (24%) infants had evidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Retinopathy of prematurity (stage >II) was 4%. The correlation between ROP rate and need for ventilation therapy was present (r=0.52). Proven necrotizing enterocolitis (stage >2) was not observed. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was diagnosed in 67% of the neonates. BPD, IVH, and PDA were statistically higher in neonates with a birth weight | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/ | en |
| Keyword | Mortality | en |
| Keyword | Morbidity | en |
| Keyword | Neonate | en |
| Keyword | Very Low Birth Weight | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Short-Term Outcomes of Very Low Birth Weight Infants Born at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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