Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0149 |
| Title: | Outcome of very preterm small for gestational age infants: the first nine years of life |
| Author(s): | Kok JH, Lya den Ouden A, et al. |
| Reference: | Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998; 105: 162-8 |
| Place of Study: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This is a nationwide study cohort of very pre-term and/or small for gestational age infants, (below 32 weeks and/or < 1500 g) born alive in 1983. 134 small for gestational age infants (below 10th centile) and 410 appropriate for gestational age infants (between 25th and 75th centile) of all infants between 25 and 32 weeks of gestational age were identified; infants with congenital malformations and not of Caucasian race were excluded. Small for gestational age infants showed more often gross motor and minor neurological dysfunction, but less cerebral palsy than appropriate for gestational age infants. Cognitive outcome at 5 years in small for gestational age infants was significantly worse than appropriate for gestational age infants. At 9 years of age significantly more small for gestational age infants (16.4%) needed special education than appropriate for gestational age infants (11.9%). |
| Keyword(s): | cognitive function, intellectual development, low birthweight, neurological development, prematurity, psychomotor development, small for gestational age infants |
| Discussion: | No discussion mentioned for this entry |
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