title: [Survival rate and follow up studies of very low birth weight (less than 1000 g) premature infants].
abstract: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Department of Pediatrics, University Medical School Pécs had been established 11 years ago. 219 premature infants who weighed 1000 g or less were admitted to the NICU between Jan. 1978 and Dec. 1988. The authors analysed the hospital records of there patients and found a marked increase in survival rates during the last five year period. The data presented strongly suggest that improvement of obstetric care, development of respiratory and fluid therapy, the increasing experience of hospital staff caring for the infants are the main factors contributing to improved results. At the same time the adverse effects of transportation from the referring institution are well demonstrated. The main causes of death remained the same over the 11 years studied. The number and severity of acute and late complications decreased markedly. The intensive care of very low birth weight infants is becoming increasingly expensive. However the growing expenditures are justified by increasing life expectancy of patients and the expected better quality of life among survivors.
authors.affiliation: Pécsi Orvostudományi Egyetem, Gyermekklinika.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botykai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adamovich
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Igen kis súlyú (1000 g-nál kisebb) koraszülöttek túlélése és utánvizsgálata.