Infant, Low Birth Weight

"Infant, Low Birth Weight" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.

Descriptor ID	D007230
MeSH Number(s)	M01.060.703.520.460
Concept/Terms	Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Low Birth Weight Low-Birth-Weight Infant Infant, Low-Birth-Weight Infants, Low-Birth-Weight Low Birth Weight Infant Low-Birth-Weight Infants Low Birth Weight Low Birth Weight Birth Weight, Low Birth Weights, Low Low Birth Weights

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Age Groups [M01.060]
Infant [M01.060.703]
Infant, Newborn [M01.060.703.520]
Infant, Low Birth Weight [M01.060.703.520.460]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	2	0	2
2004	0	2	2
2007	1	0	1
2009	2	0	2
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	1	1
2015	4	2	6
2018	0	4	4
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1

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Palacios C, Kostiuk LL, Cuthbert A, Weeks J. Vitamin D supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Jul 30; 7:CD008873.

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Kiplagat S, Ravi K, Sheehan DM, Srinivas V, Khan A, Trepka MJ, Bursac Z, Stephens D, Krupp K, Madhivanan P. Sociodemographic patterns of preterm birth and low birth weight among pregnant women in rural Mysore district, India: A latent class analysis. J Biosoc Sci. 2023 03; 55(2):260-274.

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Sabo S, Wightman P, McCue K, Butler M, Pilling V, Jimenez DJ, Celaya M, Rumann S. Addressing maternal and child health equity through a community health worker home visiting intervention to reduce low birth weight: retrospective quasi-experimental study of the Arizona Health Start Programme. BMJ Open. 2021 06 16; 11(6):e045014.

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Benavides A, Bell EF, Georgieff MK, Josephson CD, Stowell SR, Feldman HA, Nalbant D, Tereshchenko A, Sola-Visner M, Nopoulos P. Sex-specific cytokine responses and neurocognitive outcome after blood transfusions in preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2022 03; 91(4):947-954.

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Enns JE, Nickel NC, Chartier M, Chateau D, Campbell R, Phillips-Beck W, Sarkar J, Burland E, Katz A, Santos R, Brownell M. An unconditional prenatal income supplement is associated with improved birth and early childhood outcomes among First Nations children in Manitoba, Canada: a population-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Apr 20; 21(1):312.

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Wilkinson J, Navarro-Rubio Coello de Portugal S, Huang J, G?ell F. Child health outcomes following fertility treatment and patient characteristics: discrepancies, limitations and prudence. Curr Med Res Opin. 2020 12; 36(12):2053-2054.

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Lloyd YM, Fang R, Bobbili N, Vanda K, Ngati E, Sanchez-Quintero MJ, Salanti A, Chen JJ, Leke RGF, Taylor DW. Association of Antibodies to VAR2CSA and Merozoite Antigens with Pregnancy Outcomes in Women Living in Yaound?, Cameroon. Infect Immun. 2018 09; 86(9).

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Kim S, Choi S, Chung-Do JJ, Fan VY. Comparing Birth Outcomes in Hawai'i between US- and Foreign-Born Women. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2018 08; 77(8):188-198.

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Wallace DK, Dean TW, Hartnett ME, Kong L, Smith LE, Hubbard GB, McGregor ML, Jordan CO, Mantagos IS, Bell EF, Kraker RT. A Dosing Study of Bevacizumab for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Late Recurrences and Additional Treatments. Ophthalmology. 2018 12; 125(12):1961-1966.

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Brownell M, Nickel NC, Chartier M, Enns JE, Chateau D, Sarkar J, Burland E, Jutte DP, Taylor C, Katz A. An Unconditional Prenatal Income Supplement Reduces Population Inequities In Birth Outcomes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 03; 37(3):447-455.

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