PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - HARRISON, HELEN
TI  - Very Low Birth Weight Outcomes
DP  - 1992 Feb 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 357--357
VI  - 89
IP  - 2
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/89/2/357.2.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/89/2/357.2.full
SO  - Pediatrics1992 Feb 01; 89
AB  - To the Editor.— The authors of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development report on neonatal care1 found "important" variations among neonatal intensive care units in philosophies of treatment, methods of treatment, and short-term outcomes. In a recent meta-analysis of follow-up studies,2 researchers document a similarly haphazard approach to the long-term evaluation of very low birth weight survivors. Until randomized controlled clinical trials validate the safety and efficacy of neonatal therapies, and until long-term outcomes are assessed accurately, the treatment of very low birth weight infants should be declared experimental.