Parents of children with autism report greater difficulty accessing health care
1. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) was estimated to be ...
Tag: developmental pediatrics
Rates of neurodevelopmental impairment unchanged in infants born ≤500g in Japan
The rate of neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in infants born ≤500g in Japan between 2003-2012 was 59%, and the prevalence of ...
Preterm birth associated with lower high school academic performance
1. In this retrospective cohort study, birth at earlier gestational age (GA) was associated with worse survival rates and increased hospitalization ...
Early language exposure is predictive of language skills and IQ in school-age children
1. Language-based interactions between children 18 to 24 months of age and adults predicted intelligence quotient (IQ), verbal comprehension, and ...
Longitudinal BMI growth curves for preterm infants internally validated
Body mass index (BMI) growth curves generated with longitudinal data for preterm infants demonstrated an initial decline in BMI driven ...
Children with autism missed by early screening show measurable differences at screening age
1. Children who pass screening for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at 18 months, but who later go on develop ASD ...
Early Reading Aloud Intervention Improves Social-Emotional Development
1. A primary care pediatric intervention that promotes parental involvement through reading aloud and play demonstrated sustained improvement in childhood ...
Postnatal cytolomegalovirus infection not linked to impaired motor development
1. Postnatal cytomegalovirus (pCMV) infection in preterm infants associated with higher gross motor scores at 16 months of life and ...
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 ...
Neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants show no improvement since 1990s
1. Rates of major neurosensory disability, IQ <-2 SD, cerebral palsy (CP), blindness, and deafness were similar at 8 years ...