Immunization

Delayed Vaccination More Likely In Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 4th, 2001

by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Low-birth-weight infants are likely to receive childhood immunization significantly later than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a recent report.

"Studies of very low-birth-weight (VLBW) children discharged from neonatal intensive care units have shown delays in receipt of routine childhood immunizations," noted Diane L. Langkamp et al. "However, a recent study of VLBW children in three health maintenance organizations found no significant delays in immunizations [Davis et al., JAMA, 1999;11;282(6):547-53]."

The researchers analyzed immunization data for 8,285 children from the 1988...

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