Recent progress in science and medicine is that regions such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and Western Europe have witnessed dramatic declines in infant morbidity and mortality. The most significant of these declines has occurred among infants born prematurely and low birth weight (LBW)—the cohort that represents the highest proportion of illness and death among infants Despite these...

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of preterm birth on health status (HS) development at the ages of 5 and 10 years in a cohort of children born before term. SAMPLE Six hundred eighty-eight children, born in 1983 with a gestational age of <32 weeks and a birth weight of <1500 g. DESIGN Prospectively collected HS variables, obtained from the parents, were analyzed in a longitudinal perspectiv...

OBJECTIVE To assess separate and joint effects of low socioeconomic status (SES) and moderate prematurity on preschool developmental delay. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study with a community-based sample of preterm- and term-born children (Longitudinal Preterm Outcome Project). We assessed SES on the basis of education, occupation, and family income. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire was ...

Abstract Objective To elucidate the differences in etiology of dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) between term-born and preterm-born children its relationship to functional outcomes. Methods We determined DCP based on clinical course brain MRI 163 136 children. Information about genetic abnormality was also collected if available. Functional outcomes were compared two major etiologies each group, ...

BACKGROUND Preterm-born or asphyxiated term-born children show more emotional and behavioral problems at preschool age than term-born children without a medical condition. It is uncertain whether parenting intervention programs aimed at the general population, are effective in this specific group. In earlier findings from the present trial, Primary Care Triple P was not effective in reducing pa...

There is a paucity of evidence regarding long-term outcomes of Background: late preterm (34-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) delivery. The objective of this systematic review was to assess long-term cognitive outcomes of children born at these gestations. Four electronic databases (Medline, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and Methods: PsycINFO) were searched. Last search was 5 August 2016. ...

AIM To assess academic attainment and special educational needs (SEN) in extremely preterm children in middle childhood. METHODS Of 307 extremely preterm (< or =25 weeks) survivors born in the UK and Ireland in 1995, 219 (71%) were re-assessed at 11 years of age and compared to 153 classmates born at term, using standardised tests of cognitive ability and academic attainment and teacher repor...

There is a paucity of evidence regarding long-term outcomes of late Background: preterm (34-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) delivery. The objective of this systematic review was to assess long-term cognitive outcomes of children born at these gestations. Four electronic databases (Medline, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and Methods: PsycINFO) were searched. Last search was 5 August 2016. Stu...

Background: There is a paucity of evidence regarding long-term outcomes of late preterm (34-36 weeks) and early term (37-38 weeks) delivery.  The objective of this systematic review was to assess long-term cognitive outcomes of children born at these gestations. Methods: Four electronic databases (Medline, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov and PsycINFO) were searched.  Last search was 5 th August 2016...

AIM Children born extremely preterm are at risk of visual processing problems related to brain damage. Damage in visual pathways can remain undetected by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional consequences cannot always be predicted. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of processing visual information in infants born extremely preterm at a corrected age of 1 y...