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Surgical mortality and morbidity in extremely low-birth-weight infants. 1983

M J Bell, and M M Maurer, and R J Bower, and J L Ternberg

Twenty extremely premature infants (birth weight, less than 1,100 g) underwent 49 surgical procedures for acquired conditions, including necrotizing enterocolitis, other forms of gastrointestinal perforation, gastroesophageal reflux, patent ductus arteriosus, and hydrocephalus. Few congenital anomalies requiring operation were encountered in this group. The overall survival rate was 58%. Using a computerized data base to compare surgical patients with a weight-matched group of nonsurgical patients, it was shown that survival was similar and that adverse prenatal and perinatal influences were equally distributed between both groups. Surgery per se did not adversely influence survival in extreme low-birth-weight infants, and surgical patients are not a preselected group of stronger infants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007230 Infant, Low Birth Weight An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less. Low Birth Weight,Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Birth Weight, Low,Birth Weights, Low,Infant, Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Low-Birth-Weight,Low Birth Weight Infant,Low Birth Weights,Low-Birth-Weight Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007235 Infant, Premature, Diseases Diseases that occur in PREMATURE INFANTS.
D007236 Infant, Small for Gestational Age An infant having a birth weight lower than expected for its gestational age.
D008297 Male Males
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D001724 Birth Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Birthweight,Birth Weights,Birthweights,Weight, Birth,Weights, Birth
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012737 Sex Factors Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances. Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor

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