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Low birth weight

MedGen UID:
44199
Concept ID:
C0024032
Finding
Synonyms: Birth Weight, Low; Birth Weights, Low; Low Birth Weight; Low Birth Weights
SNOMED CT: Subnormal birth weight (267258002); Low birth weight (276610007)

Definition

A birth weight that is less than 2500 grams. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lamary M, Bertoni CB, Schwabenbauer K, Ibrahim J
Curr Opin Pediatr 2023 Apr 1;35(2):209-217. Epub 2023 Feb 1 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001224. PMID: 36722754
Benson AE, Shatzel JJ, Ryan KS, Hedges MA, Martens K, Aslan JE, Lo JO
Eur J Haematol 2022 Dec;109(6):633-642. Epub 2022 Oct 4 doi: 10.1111/ejh.13870. PMID: 36153674Free PMC Article
Yadav P, Yadav SK
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2022 Mar 11;60(247):318-324. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7324. PMID: 35633256Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Fleiss N, Tarun S, Polin RA
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 Jun;27(3):101345. Epub 2022 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2022.101345. PMID: 35550785Free PMC Article
Narciso LM, Beleza LO, Imoto AM
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2022 Mar-Apr;98(2):117-125. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2021.06.004. PMID: 34274324Free PMC Article
Fuchigami T, Nishioka M, Akashige T, Shimabukuro A, Nagata N
J Card Surg 2018 Feb;33(2):118-121. Epub 2018 Feb 6 doi: 10.1111/jocs.13529. PMID: 29411428
Li N, Wang W, Wu G, Wang J
Br J Nutr 2017 May;117(10):1390-1402. Epub 2017 Jun 13 doi: 10.1017/S000711451700126X. PMID: 28606217
Hsieh WS
Pediatr Neonatol 2014 Apr;55(2):79-80. Epub 2014 Jan 9 doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.11.001. PMID: 24412005

Diagnosis

Sharma D, Murki S
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2021 Jul;34(14):2375-2383. Epub 2019 Sep 3 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1660767. PMID: 31446821
Martinson ML, Choi KH
Ann Epidemiol 2019 Nov;39:39-45.e2. Epub 2019 Sep 19 doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.09.006. PMID: 31708407Free PMC Article
Bonnar K, Fraser D
Neonatal Netw 2019 Jan;38(1):27-33. doi: 10.1891/0730-0832.38.1.27. PMID: 30679253
Belfort MB, Ehrenkranz RA
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2017 Feb;22(1):42-48. Epub 2016 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.09.001. PMID: 27692935
Polin RA, Bateman DA, Sahni R
Clin Perinatol 2014 Dec;41(4):1017-32. Epub 2014 Oct 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2014.08.018. PMID: 25459788

Therapy

Walsh V, Brown JVE, Copperthwaite BR, Oddie SJ, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Dec 27;12(12):CD013542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013542.pub2. PMID: 33368149Free PMC Article
Beck JD, Papapanou PN, Philips KH, Offenbacher S
J Dent Res 2019 Sep;98(10):1053-1062. doi: 10.1177/0022034519846113. PMID: 31429666
Quigley M, Embleton ND, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Jul 19;7(7):CD002971. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002971.pub5. PMID: 31322731Free PMC Article
McCall EM, Alderdice F, Halliday HL, Vohra S, Johnston L
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Feb 12;2(2):CD004210. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004210.pub5. PMID: 29431872Free PMC Article
Boundy EO, Dastjerdi R, Spiegelman D, Fawzi WW, Missmer SA, Lieberman E, Kajeepeta S, Wall S, Chan GJ
Pediatrics 2016 Jan;137(1) Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-2238. PMID: 26702029Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Inoue H, Matsunaga Y, Sawano T, Fujiyoshi J, Kinjo T, Ochiai M, Nagata K, Matsuura T, Taguchi T, Ohga S
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Nov;185(11):3459-3465. Epub 2021 Aug 20 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62466. PMID: 34415101
Puia-Dumitrescu M, Sullivan LN, Tanaka D, Fisher K, Pittman R, Kumar KR, Malcolm WF, Gustafson KE, Lodge AJ, Goldberg RN, Hornik CP
Am J Perinatol 2021 Nov;38(13):1366-1372. Epub 2020 Jun 2 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1712964. PMID: 32485756
Hendryx M, Chojenta C, Byles JE
J Pediatr 2020 Mar;218:42-48.e1. Epub 2020 Jan 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.11.007. PMID: 31955875
Boghossian NS, Saha S, Bell EF, Brumbaugh JE, Shankaran S, Carlo WA, Das A; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network
J Perinatol 2019 Sep;39(9):1229-1240. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0427-5. PMID: 31312035Free PMC Article
Shah PS; Knowledge Synthesis Group on Determinants of LBW/PT births
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2010 Jul;89(7):862-75. doi: 10.3109/00016349.2010.486827. PMID: 20583931

Clinical prediction guides

Niemarkt HJ, De Meij TG, van Ganzewinkel CJ, de Boer NKH, Andriessen P, Hütten MC, Kramer BW
Neonatology 2019;115(4):423-431. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000497420. PMID: 30974443Free PMC Article
Centofanti SF, Brizot Mde L, Liao AW, Francisco RP, Zugaib M
Fetal Diagn Ther 2015;38(2):113-8. Epub 2015 Feb 4 doi: 10.1159/000371515. PMID: 25659845
Onland W, Debray TP, Laughon MM, Miedema M, Cools F, Askie LM, Asselin JM, Calvert SA, Courtney SE, Dani C, Durand DJ, Marlow N, Peacock JL, Pillow JJ, Soll RF, Thome UH, Truffert P, Schreiber MD, Van Reempts P, Vendettuoli V, Vento G, van Kaam AH, Moons KG, Offringa M
BMC Pediatr 2013 Dec 17;13:207. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-207. PMID: 24345305Free PMC Article
Meadow W, Lagatta J, Andrews B, Lantos J
Clin Perinatol 2012 Dec;39(4):941-56. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2012.09.013. PMID: 23164189Free PMC Article
de Jong F, Monuteaux MC, van Elburg RM, Gillman MW, Belfort MB
Hypertension 2012 Feb;59(2):226-34. Epub 2011 Dec 12 doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.181784. PMID: 22158643Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Sivanandan S, Sankar MJ
BMJ Glob Health 2023 Jun;8(6) doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010728. PMID: 37277198Free PMC Article
Pathak BG, Sinha B, Sharma N, Mazumder S, Bhandari N
Bull World Health Organ 2023 Jun 1;101(6):391-402G. Epub 2023 Mar 31 doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.288977. PMID: 37265678Free PMC Article
Narciso LM, Beleza LO, Imoto AM
J Pediatr (Rio J) 2022 Mar-Apr;98(2):117-125. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2021.06.004. PMID: 34274324Free PMC Article
Bekkar B, Pacheco S, Basu R, DeNicola N
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Jun 1;3(6):e208243. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8243. PMID: 32556259Free PMC Article
Quigley M, Embleton ND, McGuire W
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Jul 19;7(7):CD002971. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002971.pub5. PMID: 31322731Free PMC Article

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