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Delayed Vaccination More Likely In Low-Birth-Weight Infants.(Brief Article)
2001 APR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Low-birth-weight infants are likely to receive childhood immunization significantly later than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a recent report.
"Studies of very low-birth-weight (VLBW) children discharged from neonatal intensive care units have shown delays in receipt of routine childhood immunizations," noted Diane L. Langkamp et al. "However, a recent study of VLBW children in three health maintenance organizations found no significant delays in immunizations [Davis et al., JAMA, 1999;11;282(6):547-53]."
The researchers analyzed immunization data for 8,285 children from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey and the 1991 Longitudinal Follow-up Survey ("Delays in receipt of immunizations in low-birth-weight children - A nationally representative sample," Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2001;155(2):167-172).
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