Outcome at 3 Years of Age in a Population-Based Cohort of Extremely Preterm Infants  

Oleh:

Isabel De Groote ; Vanhaesebrouck, Piet ; Bruneel, Els ; Dom, Lina ; Durein, Isabelle ; and Others

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Obstetrics and Gynecology vol. 110 no. 04 (Oct. 2007), page 855.

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: O01.K.2007.04 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

OBJECTIVE: To assess health and neurodevelopmental outcome at 3 years of age in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)–surviving children who were born at 26 or fewer weeks of gestation in a geographically defined region of Belgium from 1999 through 2000. METHODS: The study included a clinical examination and a standardized neurologic and developmental assessment. Disabilities were defined by international criteria. In 97% (92 of 95) of the children, accurate information on the presence of overall disability could be collected. RESULTS: Thirty-six percent (95% confidence interval [CI] 25–47%) of the formally assessed children (28 of 77) had deficient neuromotor development, with 5% of them showing severe sensory-communicative impairment. Mean (±standard deviation) scores on the Mental Developmental Index and Psychomotor Developmental Index were 81.2 (18.8) and 73.2 (17.8), respectively. Seventy percent (95% CI 60–80%) had a mental (Mental Developmental Index) or psychomotor (Psychomotor Developmental Index) impairment or both, assessed to be more than 1 standard deviation below the population mean. Mental and psychomotor outcome did not differ significantly when compared according to either gestational age, gender, or multiple birth (all P>.05). When either minor central dysfunction or cerebral palsy was not taken into account, normal mental development was recorded in 62% of the subjects. The cumulative of poor outcome (ie, disability- or prematurity-related death) among the 95 infants discharged alive was estimated to be 58% (95% CI 48–68%), representing 25 (26%) mildly-to-moderately disabled and 28 (29%) severely disabled toddlers, including two infants whose postdischarge deaths were directly related to prematurity. CONCLUSION: The average developmental outcome is poor in children born as extremely preterm infants. Finding early predictors of adverse outcome is a major challenge.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali