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Factors Influencing Survival and Morbidity With Very Low Birth Weight Delivery

Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, and Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Abstract

Factors influencing survival and morbidity in a group of 214 consecutively delivered very low birth weight infants (500 to 1500 g) are examined. The perinatal mortality was 313 per 1000 births. Of 185 live-born, congenially normal infants, 133 (72%) were discharged alive. Respiratory distress syndrome was the most common form of significant morbidity, occurring in 114 infants (62%). Intraventricular hemorrhage was diagnosed in 38 (21%) of the infants. Neither survival nor morbidity was influenced by the mode of delivery. The current trend of a liberalized policy of cesarean section for the very low birth weight delivery is questioned.

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