Case presentation: A male baby born by Cesarean section at 37 weeks (APGAR 9/9), weighing 4280 g, stature of 53 cm and cephalic perimeter 38 cm. The 29 years-old mother (G5P4A1), previously hypertensive, had an active COVID-19 infection during childbirth. She no other comorbidities. At four months, he presented with motor skills developmental delay, showcasing hypertonia the lower limbs axial h...

Introduction Developmental delay is a problem not infrequently encountered 1%-3% of all children are globally developmentally delayed 16% of all children have learning difficulties, and other developmental and behavioral problems Only 20%-30% are detected prior to school entry Thus, routine screening is recommended as part of health maintenance visits Introduction Low-frequency, high-morbidity ...

CONTEXT Developmental concerns voiced by parents need to be responded to by structured developmental screening. Screening is the use of validated developmental screening tools to identify children with high risk of developmental delay out of an apparently normal population, while surveillance is the process of monitoring children identified as high risk by screening. Absence of routine screenin...

When a child's development appears to lag, many service providers prefer to apply the less specific term "developmental delay," rather than a more specific disability diagnosis, since symptoms of specific disabilities may be unclear in young children. It is possible that a child with a developmental delay who receives services will not develop a disability; whereas if the same child did not rec...

PURPOSE Infantile esotropia is associated with abnormal visual development and thus may delay the achievement of developmental milestones. Although early surgery can improve visual function, less is known about its effect on motor development. Here we address whether early surgery can improve motor development. METHODS Recently, our lab devised the Infant Developmental Skills Survey, a 25-ite...

OBJECTIVE To compare and analyze the clinical characteristics of children with delayed language acquisition due to two different diagnoses, which were specific language impairment (SLI, a primarily delayed language development) and global developmental delay (GDD, a language delay related to cognitive impairment). METHODS Among 1,598 children who had visited the developmental delay clinic fro...

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Severe transplacental lithium toxicity in a neonate is described. There were gross functional lesions of the cardiovascular, renal, and neuromuscular systems with no structural abnormalities. At 1 year of age cardiovascular and renal function is normal, but there is developmental delay.