IMPORTANCE Prevention of iron deficiency in infancy may promote neurodevelopment. Delayed cord clamping (DCC) can prevent iron deficiency during the first 6 months of life. However, no data are available on long-term effects on infant outcomes in relation to time for umbilical cord clamping. OBJECTIVE To investigate effects of DCC, as compared with early cord clamping (ECC), on infant iron st...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to determine if systematic use of a validated developmental screening instrument is feasible and improves the detection of developmental delay (DD) in a pediatric medical home for children in foster care. DESIGN AND METHODS This study had a pre-post study design, following a practice intervention to screen all children in foster care for DD by using the Ages and Stages ...

introduction: over the past two decades, the incidence of cesarean section in most countries has increased.developmental delay occurs when children do not reach their developmental milestones at the expected time. the main causes of developmental delay are often unknown. investigation of the prevalence of developmental delay and its effective factors in children from 4 to 12 months old in pakda...

Objetivo: Adaptar y determinar la confiabilidad, validez puntos de corte versión en español del Cuestionario edades etapas tercera edición (ASQ-3), un instrumento vigilancia tamizaje desarrollo psicomotor, una población urbana zona norte Lima, Perú. Material Métodos: Mediante muestreo por conveniencia, se aplicaron formas cuestionario ASQ-3 a padres niños entre 1 66 meses edad, entorno consulta...

There are 25 million displaced children worldwide, and those receiving schooling are often educated in overcrowded classrooms. Montessori is a child-centred educational method that provides an alternative model to traditional educational approaches. In this model, students are able to direct their own learning and develop at their own pace, working with materials rather than in supervised group...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between gestational age (GA) at birth and risk of developmental delay at 8 and 18 months of corrected postnatal age. METHODS During 2008 to 2011, infants at a corrected postnatal age of 8 or 18 months attending health centers in Santiago, Chile, were recruited. Participants completed a form on biographical and demographic ...

Based on results from the kindling model of epilepsy, we hypothesized that enhanced binding of radioligands to the NMDA receptor and decreased binding to the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4- isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)-sensitive quisqualate (ASQ) receptor would be found within epileptic hippocampi of humans with complex partial epilepsy (CPE). To test these hypotheses, we used tissue that was s...

Background: Poor vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) status is widespread in South Asia. Insufficient vitamin B-12 status has been linked to poor neurodevelopment in young children.Objective: We measured the associations between vitamin B-12 status in infancy (2-12 mo) and the development and cognitive functioning in Nepalese children 5 y later.Design: Vitamin B-12 status was assessed in infancy with the ...

Acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) is a recently developed technique widely used for detecting liver fibrosis. Ultrasound Nakagami parametric imaging based on the Nakagami distribution has been widely used to model echo amplitude distribution for tissue characterization. We explored the feasibility of using ultrasound Nakagami imaging as a model-based ASQ technique for assessing liver fibr...