OBJECTIVE: This report presents data from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network on care of and
morbidity and mortality rates for very low birth weight infants, according to gestational age
(GA). METHODS: Perinatal/neonatal data were collected for 9575 infants of extremely low
GA (22–28 weeks) and very low birth weight (401–1500 g) who were born at network
centers between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2007. RESULTS: Rates of survival to …