Obstetric factors influencing outcome in infants weighing from 1,001 to 1,500 grams

Preterm outcome table (POT): A simple tool to aid counselling parents of very preterm infants

“…The impact of such births on infants, their families, the health‐care system and society is profound. The clinical management of labour and delivery may depend on the health‐care professional's perception, knowledge and attitude towards the fetus’ potential for survival and, indeed, some studies have found that misconceptions regarding outcome of such pregnancies may result in suboptimal care 1,2 …”

Nursery Survival for Infants of Birth Weight 500–1500 Grams During 1982–1995

“…Asphyxia was the leading cause of presumed preventable deaths in period 1 and the prevention of asphyxia became the focus for changes in management. A combined effort with our Maternal±Fetal Medicine Division resulted in improved delivery room care of the fetus 31 and the development of a dedicated in-house infant-resuscitation team available 24 hours daily. Similar improvement in delivery room care associated with improvement in survival has been reported for six eastern NICU's.…”

Method of delivery of low birthweight infants. A retrospective analysis

“…When the risks are low as in tended to be more common in the infants deliv-the present case the odds ratios approach the ered by cesarian section, which was also found by relative risks. PAUL and SMITH [14,17]. this is somewhat unexpected as the main objective of cesarian section in premature delivery is to minimize the Tab.…”