Obstetrics and gynecology
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jun 2003
Association of prematurity and neonatal infection with neurologic morbidity in very low birth weight infants.
To identify risk factors predictive of neurologic morbidity in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. ⋯ Prematurity and neonatal infection were the dominant factors associated with neurologic morbidity in VLBW infants. Intrapartum acidosis occurred in less than 6% of those with neurologic morbidity.