Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants
Very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants suffer significant perinatal and neonatal morbidity. The survival of VLBW infants has improved over the past few decades. However, their long-term growth and neurodevelopmental outcome remain a cause of concern. Conventionally, their growth is plotted on intraute...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
|
| Series: | Current Medicine Research and Practice |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=5;spage=270;epage=274;aulast=Modi |
| _version_ | 1811180083370524672 |
|---|---|
| author | Manoj Modi |
| author_facet | Manoj Modi |
| author_sort | Manoj Modi |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants suffer significant perinatal and neonatal morbidity. The survival of VLBW infants has improved over the past few decades. However, their long-term growth and neurodevelopmental outcome remain a cause of concern. Conventionally, their growth is plotted on intrauterine growth charts, which have universally shown a growth lag during the neonatal period. Subsequently, many of these neonates catch-up in growth during infancy and childhood. Both poor postnatal growth and a rapid catch-up during early childhood have been associated with adverse long-term outcomes. There is still no clarity on what the optimal growth pattern for these infants should be. There is a need to develop population-specific longitudinal growth charts to monitor the long-term growth of VLBW infants. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-11T06:44:27Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-2c930335229747bbb62edb871837549e |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2352-0817 2352-0825 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-11T06:44:27Z |
| publishDate | 2012-01-01 |
| publisher | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Current Medicine Research and Practice |
| spelling | doaj.art-2c930335229747bbb62edb871837549e2022-12-22T04:39:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsCurrent Medicine Research and Practice2352-08172352-08252012-01-0125270274Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infantsManoj ModiVery low-birth weight (VLBW) infants suffer significant perinatal and neonatal morbidity. The survival of VLBW infants has improved over the past few decades. However, their long-term growth and neurodevelopmental outcome remain a cause of concern. Conventionally, their growth is plotted on intrauterine growth charts, which have universally shown a growth lag during the neonatal period. Subsequently, many of these neonates catch-up in growth during infancy and childhood. Both poor postnatal growth and a rapid catch-up during early childhood have been associated with adverse long-term outcomes. There is still no clarity on what the optimal growth pattern for these infants should be. There is a need to develop population-specific longitudinal growth charts to monitor the long-term growth of VLBW infants.http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=5;spage=270;epage=274;aulast=Modivery low-birth weight (vlbw) infantsgrowth chartscatch-up growthz-scores |
| spellingShingle | Manoj Modi Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants Current Medicine Research and Practice very low-birth weight (vlbw) infants growth charts catch-up growth z-scores |
| title | Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants |
| title_full | Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants |
| title_fullStr | Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants |
| title_short | Growth monitoring of very low-birth weight infants |
| title_sort | growth monitoring of very low birth weight infants |
| topic | very low-birth weight (vlbw) infants growth charts catch-up growth z-scores |
| url | http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2012;volume=2;issue=5;spage=270;epage=274;aulast=Modi |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT manojmodi growthmonitoringofverylowbirthweightinfants |