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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, METHODS, METHODS, METHODS, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Databases, Factual, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Humans, Infant Mortality, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Maternal Age, Morbidity, Pregnancy, Risk Factors, Triplets, Twins.
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Are very low-birth-weight-infants conceived by in vitro fertilization at higher risk for mortality and morbidity : a population-based study? Context: To determine whether excess mortality, neonatal morbidity, and congenital malformations occurred in in vitro fertilization (IVF) conceived compared with naturally conceived singleton, twin and triplet very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Population-based observational study from 1995 through 2002. Israel National VLBW infant database. A total of 8,181 VLBW infants conceived naturally or by IVF were stratified into groups of singletons and complete sets of twins and triplets. None. Neonatal mortality and morbidity. In the unadjusted analyses, mortality and neonatal morbidity rates were generally similar between the IVF-conceived and the naturally conceived infants stratified by plurality groups. When adjusted for multiple confounding variables, no excess neonatal mortality or morbidity occurred among IVF-conceived infants. The risk for congenital malformations adjusted for ethnicity, maternal age, and parity was also not increased in the IVF-conceived groups.
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In our population, VLBW infants conceived by IVF were not at increased risk for congenital malformations, postnatal morbidity, or mortality when compared with naturally conceived infants. Final Decision: no