title: [Good prognosis for very low birth weight infants].
abstract: A population-based multicentre study, comprising all very low birthweight (VLBW; < or = 1,500 g) infants born alive in the south-east region of Sweden during a 15-month period, was performed in the late 1980s. Among the VLBW infants there were 107 lifebirths (a rate of 0.72%), 86 (80.4%) neonatal survivors and no late deaths. Twenty (18.4%) had intracranial complications, two (2.3%) retinopathy of prematurity, grade 3, and six (5.6%) bronchopulmonary dysplasia. At follow-up at 18 months of uncorrected age, the VLBW infants were still lighter in weight and of shorter stature than control group infants. Of the five (5.8%) of the surviving VLBW infants who had significant neurological disorder at 18 months of age, all had weighed less than 800 g at birth, and had manifested neurological symptoms at 6 months of age. The hospitalisation rate during the first 18 months of life was greater in the VLBW than the control group.
authors.affiliation: Barnmedicinska kliniken, Länssjukhuset, Västervik.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bylund
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cervin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Finnström
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Gäddlin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leijon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandstedt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wärngård
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: God prognos för barn med mycket låg födelsevikt.