title: Special considerations in the nursing care of the very low birth weight infant.
abstract: Improvement in obstetric and neonatal care has resulted in an increase in the number of very low birth weight infants (less than 1000 grams) being cared for in neonatal intensive care units. This article addresses issues related to the special nursing implications required in the care of these infants.
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007185:Incubators; D007225:Infant Food; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000451:nursing; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations