Change in Prevalence of Chronic Conditions Between Childhood and Adolescence Among Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Children

Abstract
Therapeutic changes in perinatal care in the 1990s resulted in improved survival among extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants (weight 1,2 There have been few reports of the outcomes of ELBW children during adolescence, which is a time of enormous social, health, and developmental change.3,4