TY - JOUR
T1 - The Low-Birth-Weight Infant — Evolution of a Changing Outlook
AU - Hack, Maureen
AU - Fanaroff, Avroy A.
AU - Merkatz, Irwin R.
PY - 1979/11/22
Y1 - 1979/11/22
N2 - IMPROVED survival of neonates at high risk, particularly those with a very low birth weight (less than 1500 g), has now been described in this country and abroad.1,2 A major concern persists, however, that this improved survival may be accompanied by an increase in the number of permanently handicapped and damaged children. Since the costs of sustaining life for such small and immature infants are enormous,3 the investment of money and manpower would be difficult to justify if, indeed, the long-term outlook was less than favorable. Reassuringly, most current follow-up studies demonstrate that accompanying the improved survival there is a.
AB - IMPROVED survival of neonates at high risk, particularly those with a very low birth weight (less than 1500 g), has now been described in this country and abroad.1,2 A major concern persists, however, that this improved survival may be accompanied by an increase in the number of permanently handicapped and damaged children. Since the costs of sustaining life for such small and immature infants are enormous,3 the investment of money and manpower would be difficult to justify if, indeed, the long-term outlook was less than favorable. Reassuringly, most current follow-up studies demonstrate that accompanying the improved survival there is a.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197911223012105
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197911223012105
M3 - Review article
C2 - 492277
AN - SCOPUS:0018642685
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 301
SP - 1162
EP - 1165
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -