infant, very low birth weight

Preferred Label : infant, very low birth weight;

MeSH definition : An infant whose weight at birth is less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs), regardless of gestational age.;

MeSH synonym : infants, very-low-birth-weight; very low birth weight infant; very-low-birth-weight infant; very-low-birth-weight infants; infant, Very-Low-Birth-Weight;

Related MeSH term : very low birth weight;

MeSH annotation : born weighing 1500 gms (3.3 lb) or less; check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN; DF: INFANT VLBW; check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN;

Details

Origin ID

D019102;

UMLS CUI

C0282667;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- BIRTH WEIGHT LOW [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Birth weight low [MedDRA LLT]
- Low Birth Weight [NCIt concept]
- Low birth weight [PASCAL descriptor]
- Low birth weight infant (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Small for gestational age [HPO term]
- Very Low Birth Weight [NCIt concept]
- very-low-birth-weight [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Very low birth weight infant (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- infant, very low birth weight [MeSH concept]
- very low birth weight [MeSH concept]
See also
- birth weight [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- infant, low birth weight [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Very low birth weight infant (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]

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