1413 FOLLOW-UP OF INFANTS 501–1500 GM BIRTHWT. DELIVERED TO RESIDENTS OF A GEOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED REGION WITH PERINATAL INTENSIVE CARE FACILITIES

In an attempt to minimize the selection bias inherent in reporting the outcome of premature infants from a particular Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), this study presents data on all 294 live births 501-1500 gm birthweight born to residents in the Hamilton-Wentworth Region during 1973-78. The survival rate was 31.9% in infants ≤1000 gm compared with 82.6% in infants between 1001-1500 gm. In all, 184 infants (62.6%) were discharged alive and …