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Low Birth Weight / Prematurity

General Health & Development

Care of the Premature Infant: Part I. Monitoring Growth and Development

American Family Physician, May 1, 1998.
www.aafp.org/afp/980501ap/trachten.html

Office Care of the Premature Infant: Part II. Common Medical and Surgical Problems

American Family Physician, May 15, 1998.
www.aafp.org/afp/980515ap/tracht.html

Community Neonatology: The continuing care of NICU graduates after hospital discharge.

Seminars in Neonatology. Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 93-193. April 2003. (note: journal now called Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine)

March of Dimes Website

Helpful information for health care professionals and researchers on the prevalence, complexity, seriousness of prematurity, and the special March of Dimes research program the Perinatal Epidemiology Research Initiative.
www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_4024.asp

• Low Birth Weight Fact Sheet
  English: www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/
  681_1153.asp
  Spanish: www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9915.asp
  
  
• Preterm Birth Fact Sheet
  English: www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/
  681_1157.asp
  Spanish: http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9388_9917.asp 

Specific Health Information

Vocal cord paralysis after PDA ligation in premature infants

weighing under 1000 grams at birth remains a significant morbidity affecting 12.2% of infants who underwent surgical ligation. (From Al Madani et al.  University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Paper presentation at the 2005 Canadian Pediatric Society Meeting as reported in Pediatric Notes 29(26):102, June 2005.)

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