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Chapter 41: Health and Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants
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Published:January 2020
Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP, Sonia O. Imaizumi, MD, FAAP, 2020. "Health and Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm and Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants", Neonatology for Primary Care, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP
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Approximately 10% to 15% of newborns require specialized neonatal care after their birth. Of infants requiring neonatal intensive care, nearly 14% are very low birth weight (VLBW).1 After a steady decline in preterm and low birth weight (LBW) rates from 2007 to 2014, rates of preterm birth increased annually to a rate of 9.85% in 20162 (see Figure 41-1). Since 2016, preterm birth rates have increased for all gestational ages of 34 weeks or more; birth rates at less than 34 weeks’ gestational age remain unchanged. The late preterm birth rate in particular has increased 4% since...
