title: [Neonatal mortality and morbidity of low birth weight premature infants (less than or equal to 1500 g)].
abstract: Neonatal mortality and morbidity were reported over a 4-yr period from 1986-1989 in premature infants weighing less than 1,500 g, 278 of whom were born in the same obstetrico-neonatal unit. Total mortality was 15%, and was higher in premature infants weighing less than 1,000 g (38%) and lower if the gestational age was greater than 27 wk. Mortality was lower in small for gestational age (SGA) infants than in appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants (5% vs 19%, P less than 0.001), and lower in inborn babies than in outborn (12% vs 19%, P less than 0.02) but only in neonates weighing less than 1,000 g. Neonatal morbidity was mainly due to hyaline membrane disease and cerebral haemorrhage. The incidence of broncho-pulmonary dysplasia was low (4%). These results indicate that gestational age, birth weight and place of delivery play a role in mortality and morbidity in very low birth weight premature infants.
authors.affiliation: Service de pathologie et de réanimation néonatale, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Claris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Putet
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Salle
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009017:Morbidity
vernacular_title: Mortalité et morbidité néonatale des prématurés de petit poids de naissance (less than or equal to 1500 g).