Before viability: a geographically based outcome study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth

Sauve, R S; Robertson, C; Etches, P; Byrne, P J; Dayer-zamora, Véronique Marie-Hélène

doi:10.1097/00006254-199810000-00009

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English

Before viability: a geographically based outcome study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth

ContributorsSauve, R S; Robertson, C; Etches, P; Byrne, P J; Dayer-zamora, Véronique Marie-Hélène

Published inPediatrics, vol. 101, no. 3 Pt 1, p. 438-445

Publication date1998

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to determine the likelihood of long-term survival and avoidance of disabilities in a geographically based population of infants born at 20 weeks gestation or more and weighing 500 g or less at birth.

Keywords

Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Intellectual Disability
Intensive Care
Male
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Survival Analysis

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Citation (ISO format)

SAUVE, R S et al. Before viability: a geographically based outcome study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth. In: Pediatrics, 1998, vol. 101, n° 3 Pt 1, p. 438–445. doi: 10.1097/00006254-199810000-00009

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PID : unige:74562
DOI : 10.1097/00006254-199810000-00009
PMID : 9481011

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/101/3/438.long

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Before viability: a geographically based outcome study of infants weighing 500 grams or less at birth

The primary objective of this study was to determine the likelihood of long-term survival and avoidance of disabilities in a geographically based population of infants born at 20 weeks gestation or more and weighing 500 g or less at birth.

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