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EFCNI

European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, the first pan-European organisation and network to represent the interests of preterm and newborn infants and their families. It gathers together parents, healthcare experts from different disciplines and scientists with the common goal of improving long-term health of preterm and newborn children by ensuring the best possible prevention, treatment, care and support.

Source: EFCNI.org

ELBW

Extremely low birth weight: an infant with a birth weight of less than 1000 g (2 lb, 3 oz). Most extremely low birth weight infants are also the youngest of premature newborns, usually born at 27 weeks' gestational age or younger.

Source: Medscape

ESPGHAN

European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

EUGR

Extrauterine growth restriction, a common condition in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants (< or = 1,500 g). Most affected infants have a birth weight that is average for gestational age, but by the time of hospital discharge have a weight that is less than the tenth percentile for corrected gestational age. EUGR is the most frequent morbidity among VLBW survivors at their time of discharge from the hospital.

Source: Ruth 2008