Preterm infants are a population at high risk for mortality and adverse health outcomes. With
recent improvements in survival to childhood, increasing attention is being paid to risk of …

Periviable births comprise a particularly high-risk group of patients cared for by obstetricians,
neonatologists, and other caregivers. Periviable birth is currently defined as delivery …

Background Low birth weight (LBW) newborns present different health outcomes when
classified in different birth weight strata. This study evaluated the relationship of birth weight …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the rates of mortality and major morbidity among extremely preterm
infants born in California and to examine the rates of neonatal interventions and timing of …

This is an executive summary of a workshop on the management and counseling issues of
women anticipated to deliver at a periviable gestation (broadly defined as 20 0/7 through 25 …

Background: Although medical care for very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants has improved
over time, it is unclear how this has affected mortality and morbidity. To characterize these …

Background While survival rates of extremely preterm infants have improved over the last
decades, the incidence of neurodevelopmental disability (ND) in survivors remains high …

Objective The objective of this study was to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis
to quantify prognosis and identify factors associated with variations in reported mortality …

Objective Advances in neonatology have made possible the survival of neonates with lower
gestational ages and birth weights. Nevertheless, findings remain of a sex difference in …

The prediction of long-term outcomes in surviving infants born very preterm (VPT) or with
very low birth weight (VLBW) is necessary to guide clinical management, provide …