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Very Low Birth Weight - Health Encyclopedia

Very low birth weight (VLBW) is a term used to describe babies who are born weighing less than 3 pounds, 4 ounces (1.5 kilograms).

Low Birth Weight - Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Low birth weight is a term used to describe babies who are born weighing less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2500 grams). An average newborn usually weighs about ...

Middle-school-age outcomes in children with very low birthweight.

The <750-g birthweight group fared less well at middle school age than the term group on measures of cognitive function, achievement, behavior, and academic ...

ERIC - EJ227979 - Low-Birthweight Children at Early School-Age

Eighty-seven percent of a cohort of 299 low birthweight infants were examined at age 6 2/3 years, together with 111 control children. Primary school ...

Low birth weight - Dallas - Children's Health

Premature birth (before 37 weeks of pregnancy or gestational age) is one of the major causes of low birth weight. The earlier a baby is born, the less it will ...

Very Low Birthweight | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Babies are weighed within the first few hours after birth. The weight is compared with the baby's gestational age and recorded in the medical record. A ...

Low Birth weight and Developmental Delays - ASHA Journals

Low birth-weight children at early school-age: A longitudinal study. ... Impairment, disabilities, and handicaps of very preterm and very-low birthweight infants ...

Young adult outcomes of very-low-birth-weight children

Additional problems evident during the school age and adolescent years include behavioral problems: mainly hyperactivity and attentional weaknesses, but also ...

School-aged neurodevelopmental outcomes for children born ...

... low birth weight children at school age ... Quality of life of formerly preterm and very low birth weight infants from preschool age to adulthood: a systematic ...

Low Birth Weight Babies: Causes, Risks and Treatment Options

Preterm birth. About two-thirds of all low birth weight babies are preterm, or born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Nearly all very low birth ...

School-Age Consequences of Birth Weight Less Than 750 g

Recent advances in perinatal care have led to the survival of increasing numbers of children born at the lower limits of viability. Children with very low ...

Gestational age at birth, chronic conditions and school outcomes

Of 306 717 children, 5.8% were born <37 weeks gestation and 7.0% had a chronic condition. The percentage of children not achieving the expected ...

Developmental Coordination Disorder in School-Aged Children

To systematically review and synthesize the literature to document the association between infants born very preterm and/or very low birth weight (VLBW) and the ...

Pediatrics - AAP Publications

The aim of this study was to determine whether learning and school problems in ex- tremely low birth weight (ELBW) and reference children differ between cohorts ...

Middle‐School‐Age Outcomes in Children with Very Low Birthweight

The <750-g birthweight group fared less well at middle school age than the term group on measures of cognitive function, achievement, behavior, and academic ...

Low Birth Weight - Health Encyclopedia

Babies are weighed within the first few hours after birth. The weight is compared against the number of weeks of pregnancy (gestational age). If your baby ...

Normal growth and development: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

By age 4 to 6 months, an infant's weight should be double their birth weight. ... School-age children development · Puberty and adolescence ...

Slow Weight Gain in Infants and Children | Boston Children's Hospital

Slow weight gain is not always a concern. Some infants and children are simply smaller than most other children their age. However, between 1 and 10 percent ...

Effect of preterm birth on motor development, behavior, and school ...

Preterm children have a history of biological vulnerability and a greater risk of developmental problems. Many ...

Pregnancy: Low Birth Weight – C-CHANGE

A baby is considered low birth weight if they weigh less than 5 pounds, 8 ounces at birth. About 1 in 12 babies in the United States is born with low birth ...