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Rehospitalization of Low-birth-weight Infants Who Were Discharged from NICU
Kyung Dan Choi, Young Suk Chae, Oh Kyung Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(4):484-490.   Published online April 15, 1999
Purpose : We tried to compare normal term infants with low-birth-weight infants discharged from NICU by evaluating morbidity. So we studied rates of rehospitalization, reasons for rehospitalization and neonatal risk factors that affect rehospitalization of normal term infants and low-birth-weight infants discharged from NICU. Methods : This study was performed on 217 low-birth-weight infants discharged from NICU and 126 normal term...
Incidence and Risk Factors of Periventricular and Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Low Birth Weight Infants.
Chul Lee, Heung Dong Kim, Ki Keun Oh, Dong Gwan Han
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(11):1179-1186.   Published online November 30, 1986
Real time ultrasound scans were performed on 54 low-birth weight infants within the 7th 'birth day. Fifty infants were inborn. The incidence of periventricular and intraventricular hemorrhage (PV-IVH) was 38.9%. Seven of 21 infants had mild hemorrhage (Papile, grade I and II): Others sustained severe hemorrhage(Papile, grade III and IV ). Low Apgar score, respirator care and use of dopamine...
Clinical and Statistical Observation for Low Birth Weight Infants.
Keum Yang Sohn, Chan Gyoo Hwang, Ki Bok Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(4):411-419.   Published online April 30, 1986
A clinical and statistical observation was made on low-birth-weight (LBW) infants who were delivered at Kwangju Christian Hospital from March 1st, 1983 to June 30, 1984. The results obtained were as follows: 1) The overall incidence of LBW infants among 3,909 babies delivered alive during the period was 8.3%, the sex ratio being 1 : 1.3, male to female 2) The...