title: [Mortality and functional disabilities among children with birth weight lower than 1500 g. Changes during 1983-88 at the neonatal unit of the Trondheim regional hospital].
abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether increased resources led to a higher rate of survival among infants with a birth weight less than or equal to 1,500 g, admitted to our department during the period 1983-88. During this period both personnel and equipment were upgraded. The number of patients more than doubled from 1983-84 to 1987-88 (37 versus 89). In spite of a significant decrease in gestational age from the first to the last period (29.6 weeks versus 28.2 weeks), the total mortality rate was halved, from 40.5% in 1983-84 to 22.5% in 1987-88. There was no significant increase in disability rate among survivors. The larger increasing number of disabled children was accounted for mainly by mild spastic diplegias.
authors.affiliation: Barneklinikken Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Støen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vik
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brubakk
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Mortalitet og funksjonshemning blant barn med fødselsvekt less than or equal to 1,500 g. Endringer i perioden 1983-88 ved neonatalenheten, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.