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VLBWI
(redirected from Very Low Birth Weight Infant)

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VLBWIVery Low Birth Weight Infant


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All low birth-weight infants are more likely to experience long-term disability or to die during the first year of life than are infants of normal weight, with very low birth weight infants having the lowest survival rate of all.
Discussion Indications for red blood cell transfusions in very low birth weight infants remain controversial.
In fact, in 2002, 57 percent of very low birth weight infants were born by Caesarean, up 3 percent from 2001.
 
 
 
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