Low Birth Weight babies

A very low birth weight baby has weight less then

• 1500 grams

• 1000 grams

• 2500 grams

• 2000 grams

Appropriate place of care for a baby with birth weight 1500-1800 gm is:

• home

• secondary level hospital

• tertiary level hospital

• any of the above

kangaroo mother care is a special way of caring for:

• low birth weight babies

• extremely LBW babies

• all the babies

• term babies

A preterm infant is defined as an infant with a gestational age:

• Less than 35 week

• Less than 36 week

• • Less than 37 weeks

• Less than 38 week

1. Low-birth-weight infants weigh:

• • Less than 3000 g

• • Less than 2500 g

• • Less than 2000 g

• • Less than 1500 g