Chapter 115: Health and Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP, Sonia O. Imaizumi, MD, FAAP, 2016. "Health and Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants", American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care, Thomas K. McInerny, MD, FAAP, Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP, Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP, Rebecca Baum, MD, FAAP, Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH, FAAP
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Updated on September 29, 2020
Approximately 10% to 15% of newborns require specialized neonatal care after their birth. Of infants requiring neonatal intensive care, nearly 14% are very low birth weight (VLBW).1 After a steady decline in preterm and low birth weight (LBW) rates from 2007 to 2014, rates of preterm birth increased annually to a rate of 9.85% in 20162 (see Figure 115-1). Since 2016, preterm birth rates have increased for all gestational ages of 34 weeks or more; birth rates at less than 34 weeks’ gestational age remain unchanged. The late preterm birth rate in...