[PDF] Top 20 Emerging Developmental Sequelae in the `Normal' Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

... TABLE 1.. der, race, and place of birth. Of note, while 5 of 6 SGA children were normal for gestational age) status showed all such infants during infancy, none were normal at their pres[r] ... See full document

... monitor had widened further to 120 ms. In addition, there was terminal slurring of the QRS complex, accom- panied by prolongation of the PR in- terval up to 200 ms and the presence of Mobitz type I second-degree ... See full document

... (birth weight: 501–1000 g) born between 1977 and 1982 to residents of a geographically defined region in central-west Ontario, Canada, and recruited at ...from birth, and neurosensory impairments ... See full document

... vorable outcome in ELBW infants, and in particular, ULBW infants, regardless of whether ILD or HMD⫹ ILD preceded CNLD. Although precise definitions of CNLD are arbitrary and do not necessarily reflect the graduated ... See full document

... LBW, low birth weight; SES, socioeconomic status; MITP, Mother-Infant Transaction Program; LBWE, LBW experimental; LBWC, LBW control; NBW, normal birth weight; MDI, Mental Developmental [r] ... See full document

... normal tissue and to plasma lipids and human milk, currently available emulsions have a very high con- tent of LA and LNA but a very low content of satu- rated (16:0) and monounsaturated (18:1) fatty acids. ... See full document

... of birth weight (with which gestational age is correlated ...in birth weight is ⬃ ...the birth weight and gender of the fetus were determined prenatally with good accuracy, those ... See full document

... For two weeks the girl’s condition was stable. She was fully enterally fed, continuous positive airway pressure was used. Later, on day 52 of life, a urinary tract infection complicated the condition of the in- fant. ... See full document

... the infant died, would be required before such an assertion could be ...on Infant Sleep Position sees no reason to recommend bedsharing as a way to reduce SIDS (and, at this point, neither does ...and ... See full document

... and infant charts, microbiology results and autopsy slides and ...delivery. Infant data included BW and gestational age (GA), race, sex, Apgar score, neonatal course, time and clinical cause(s) of ...last ... See full document

... Our goal was to determine the effects of recent changes in delivery room and neo- natal care, including surfactant and dexamethasone ther- apy, on survival, neonatal morbidity, and 20-mo[r] ... See full document

... Of seven low-birth-weight infants who devel- oped lactobezoars following enteric feeding, six were fed with formulas specifically designed for the low-birth-weight infant. Infants fed th[r] ... See full document

... mean birth weight of the ELBW respondents was 840 g; 27% had birth weights of ⬍ 750 g, and 22% were born at gestational ages of ⬍ 26 weeks (Table ... See full document

... failure rate at the time of first extubation attempt for infants with a BW ⱕ 1000 g was approximately 40%. The study patients were well matched in terms of BW, gestational age, and sex, as well as severity of illness ... See full document

... 34. Kleberg A, Westrup B, Stjernqvist K, Lagercrantz H. Indications of improved cognitive development at one year of age among infants born very prematurely who received care based on the Newborn Individualized ... See full document

... born extremely preterm since the early 1990s” in this issue of Pediatrics, once again reminds us of the challenges and limitations of follow-up ...of extremely preterm infants from 22 to 27 weeks' gestation ... See full document

... 3. Alarm limits are used to avoid potentially harmful extremes of hyperoxemia or hypoxemia. Given the limitations of pulse oximetry and the uncertainty that remains regarding the ideal oxygen saturation target range for ... See full document

... examined the attitudes of parents of both ELBW and full-term children toward the treatment of very im- mature infants, as well as those of health care pro- fessionals. Physicians and nurses were studied sep- arately for ... See full document

... Commonly used in utero growth rates are based on the work of Babson,3 Lubchenco et al,’7 and Usher and McLean.’8 A gross estimate of the average daily intrauterine weight gain of the. 1,[r] ... See full document

... Our analysis yields a robust set of findings to evaluate recent SIDS prevention efforts. Within the 1996 –1998 birth cohorts, we find high and increasing prevalence of supine infant sleep, in accordance ... See full document