Named Groups

Very Low Birth Weight Infant

An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant
  • Infant, Very-Low-Birth-Weight
  • Infants, Very-Low-Birth-Weight
  • Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants
  • Very Low Birth Weight

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, physiology, psychology, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN

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History Note

96

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Previous Indexing

  • Birth Weight (1967-1978)
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight (1977-1995)
  • Infant, Premature (1970-1974)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.060.703w.520w.460w.600

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Very Low Birth Weight Infant. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019102. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019102
  2. Very Low Birth Weight Infant. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67579493