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 ...
Tag: neonatology
Large proportion of late preterm infants and older admitted to the NICU
1. Infants ≥ 34 weeks’ gestational age (GA) comprised 75% of the median proportions of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ...
Neonatal abstinence syndrome linked to educational disabilities
1. Children with a history of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) had higher odds of qualifying for and receiving therapies and ...
Extreme preterm birth linked to hypertension at school age
1. Within a cohort of infants born extremely preterm (EPT), there were elevated rates of high systolic blood pressure (SBP≥90%ile) ...
Neonatal neuroimaging with strong negative predictive value for developmental outcomes: The NEURO study
1. In multivariate analyses, adverse late cranial ultrasound findings (CUS) were an independent risk factor for full scale IQ scores <70 ...
Prognosis of extremely premature infants linked to inherent selection bias
1. Demographic data, such as larger birth weight and female gender, of infants born at 23 weeks’ gestation were shown ...
Extremely preterm children more likely to develop motor impairment
1. This prospective cohort study showed that children born extremely premature (EP) or at an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) ...
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 ...
Herpes simplex virus infection uncommon in infants undergoing meningitis evaluation
1. Through this retrospective study, researchers found that 0.42% of study infants undergoing CSF culture for suspected meningitis tested positive ...
Poverty, preterm birth demonstrate additive effect on cognition
1. The combination of poverty and preterm birth had additive negative effects on later cognitive function. 2. Poverty alone was ...
