In extremely preterm-born infants, gas exchange takes place in developmentally fetal lungs, disturbing normal acinar growth and differentiation, potentially with long term negative consequences for lung function. The aim was to compare alveolar function in children and adolescents born extremely preterm and at term by measuring diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO). Since th...

INTRODUCTION Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (US CP) is the second most common subtype of cerebral palsy. AIM The aim of the study was to analyze neuroimaging findings in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was hospital based, which has included 106 patients with US CP (boys 72/girls 34, term 82/preterm 24). Neuroimaging findings were classified...

To determine the effect of maternal hypertension additional to intrauterine growth retardation and prematurity, the growth and development of 58 preterm and 143 full-term children of hypertensive mothers was evaluated at 1.5 years of corrected age. The results were compared with 128 preterm and 175 full-term children of normotensive mothers, respectively. Children with intrauterine growth retar...

Children born prematurely might experience a period of growth restriction just after birth. Catch-up growth begins during the first months of life and can be slow and progressive. These children may remain shorter and thinner throughout infancy and childhood compared to children born at term. In some cases, complete catch-up growth occurs only during adolescence. However, some children do not c...

BACKGROUND In this review, we describe the growth of (very) preterm infants or (very) low-birth-weight infants from birth until adulthood. METHODS A systematic analysis of growth of these infants is thwarted by different definitions (classification by gestational age or birth weight) used in the literature. RESULTS The early postnatal period of these individuals is almost invariably charact...

COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH JOURNAL | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 99 | 2017 Preterm babies, and newborns who are unwell, are now surviving at higher rates globally than ever before. This is the result of expansion and improvement in services for sick and preterm babies. However, preterm birth is associated with a range of complications, including retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and preterm infants are at a f...

AIM To assess developmental outcomes of children aged 2.5 years born extremely preterm. METHODS As a part of the population-based Extremely Preterm Infants in Sweden Study (EXPRESS), 399 children born before 27 weeks of gestation and 366 control children born at term were assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III), assigning scores for cognit...

OBJECTIVE To examine factors which predict parenting stress in a longitudinal cohort of children born very preterm, and seen at age 7 years. METHODS We recruited 100 very preterm (≤32 weeks gestational age) child-parent dyads and a control group of 50 term-born dyads born between 2001 and 2004 with follow-up at 7 years. Parents completed the Parenting Stress Index, Ways of Coping Questionnair...

AIM To investigate differences in the quality of mother-child interaction between preterm- and term-born children at age 5, and to study the association of mother-child interaction with sociodemographic characteristics and child disability. METHODS Preterm children (n = 94), born at <30 weeks' gestation and/or birth weight <1000 g, and term children (n = 84) were assessed at corrected age of ...