Younger children are more likely to require hospitalization for RSV
1. In this study of children admitted with acute respiratory illness, about one-third were respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-positive and higher ...
Tag: prematurity
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 1, 2019
Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants With Birth Weight Less Than 400 g Little is known about the survival and neurodevelopmental ...
Meta-analysis shows optimal FiO2 for resuscitation of preterm infants remains equivocal
1. Systematic review with meta-analysis shows no statistically significant difference in morbidity and mortality outcomes when comparing use of low ...
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 ...
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 ...
Long-term comorbidities in extremely preterm infants with cerebral palsy
1. The lifetime prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) was estimated to be 10.5% for infants born extremely premature (EP, <27 ...
Extremely premature children have worse cognitive outcomes
1. Extremely premature (EP) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants born in the early 2000s have worse executive function ...