 Infant Mortality
"Infant Mortality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Postnatal deaths from BIRTH to 365 days after birth in a given population. Postneonatal mortality represents deaths between 28 days and 365 days after birth (as defined by National Center for Health Statistics). Neonatal mortality represents deaths from birth to 27 days after birth.
| Descriptor ID |
D007226
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.550.475 L01.280.975.550.475 N01.224.935.698.489 N06.850.505.400.975.550.475 N06.850.520.308.985.550.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Infant Mortality- Infant Mortality
- Infant Mortalities
- Mortalities, Infant
- Mortality, Infant
Neonatal Mortality- Neonatal Mortality
- Mortalities, Neonatal
- Mortality, Neonatal
- Neonatal Mortalities
Postneonatal Mortality- Postneonatal Mortality
- Mortalities, Postneonatal
- Mortality, Postneonatal
- Postneonatal Mortalities
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infant Mortality" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infant Mortality" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infant Mortality" by people in Profiles.
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Sanderson KR, Warady B, Carey W, Tolia V, Boynton MH, Benjamin DK, Jackson W, Laughon M, Clark RH, Greenberg RG. Mortality Risk Factors among Infants Receiving Dialysis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. J Pediatr. 2022 03; 242:159-165.
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Lantos JD. Ethical issues in treatment of babies born at 22 weeks of gestation. Arch Dis Child. 2021 12; 106(12):1155-1157.
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Sandbulte MR, Nazir N, Goggin K, Wexler C, Maloba M, Gautney BJ, Khamadi S, Lwembe R, Finocchario-Kessler S. Predictors of Mortality Among HIV-exposed Infants Through 18 Months of Age in Kenya: A Retrospective Review of Programmatic Data. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 02; 39(2):134-136.
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Walsh MC, Bell EF, Kandefer S, Saha S, Carlo WA, D'angio CT, Laptook AR, Sanchez PJ, Stoll BJ, Shankaran S, Van Meurs KP, Cook N, Higgins RD, Das A, Newman NS, Schibler K, Schmidt B, Cotten CM, Poindexter BB, Watterberg KL, Truog WE. Neonatal outcomes of moderately preterm infants compared to extremely preterm infants. Pediatr Res. 2017 Aug; 82(2):297-304.
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Janvier A, Lantos J. Delivery room practices for extremely preterm infants: the harms of the gestational age label. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 Sep; 101(5):F375-6.
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Lantos JD. International and cross-cultural dimensions of treatment decisions for neonates. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015 Oct; 20(5):368-72.
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Osborne-Majnik A, Fu Q, Lane RH. Epigenetic mechanisms in fetal origins of health and disease. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Sep; 56(3):622-32.
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VanderWeele TJ, Lauderdale DS, Lantos JD. Medically induced preterm birth and the associations between prenatal care and infant mortality. Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Jul; 23(7):435-40.
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Meadow W, Lagatta J, Andrews B, Lantos J. The mathematics of morality for neonatal resuscitation. Clin Perinatol. 2012 Dec; 39(4):941-56.
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Weiner J, Sharma J, Lantos J, Kilbride H. How infants die in the neonatal intensive care unit: trends from 1999 through 2008. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jul; 165(7):630-4.
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