Preterm birth linked to higher incidence of severe neurodevelopmental disabilities at age 5
1. Rates of severe and moderate neurodevelopmental disabilities increased as gestational age group decreased. 2. Approximately half of children born ...
Tag: cognitive development
Cognitive dysfunction linked to extreme prematurity, severe growth restriction combination
1. Patients born both extremely premature and with severe growth restriction were found to have decreased level of functioning in ...
Extremely premature children demonstrate stable executive function throughout childhood
1. Executive function (EF) performance remained stable from 8 to 18 years old among the majority of children born extremely ...
Low dose hydrocortisone not associated with adverse neurodevelopment in extremely preterm infants
1. Among extremely preterm infants, low-dose hydrocortisone was not associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age. Evidence ...
Childhood lead exposure linked with lower socioeconomic status and cognition in middle age
1. In this prospective cohort study, New Zealand children with increased lead levels in their blood had significantly lower cognitive ...
Socioeconomic gradient in childhood cognitive ability likely multifactorial
1. In children entering kindergarten, the lowest and highest socioeconomic quintiles had a difference of 33 and 37 percentile points in ...
Impaired brain growth in preterm infants linked with delayed cognitive development
Very preterm (VPT) infants with small biparietal width (BPW) and increased interhemispheric distance (IHD), measurements of brain growth at term ...
Low-lead exposure in childhood associated with worse cognitive performance [Pediatrics Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. Among children exposed to lead early in life, serum lead levels at 24 months of age were ...
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy associated with poor cognitive development
Image: PD 1. Women with mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency in their first trimester of pregnancy were more likely to have children ...