[PDF] Top 20 Early Intervention Improves Behavioral Outcomes for Preterm Infants: Randomized Controlled Trial

... the preterm groups were tested by using linear mixed models, which make it possible to account for the potential clustering effects by including twin pairs when family is included as a random ...Binary ... See full document

... double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted to evaluate growth, nutritional status, feeding toler- ance, and morbidity in preterm infants ⱕ33 weeks of gestation and ⱕ1600 g ... See full document

... Per standard care, STS care will be carried out by par- ents in both groups. Parents in the NICU currently use either their hands or positioners to facilitate prolonged STS. Infants are placed in a prone position ... See full document

... During intervention the infant should be in “State of arousal level” three (eyes open, no movements) or four (eyes open, large movements) according to Prechtl’s states ...tion. Intervention is terminated if ... See full document

... ture infants need more attention and support, because the birth of these infants is very stressful ...these infants must start during the hospitalization period, and must be followed up to ad- dress ... See full document

... the outcomes of infants in the ...of preterm babies, percentage of ba- bies with gestational age <32 weeks, nurse–patient ratio, mean hospitalization period, total medical expense per patient, top ... See full document

... pluralities, infants with malformations or syndromes, and infants having undergone major surgery were excluded from ...The infants were stratified according to GA at birth (<28 weeks and ≥ 28 ... See full document

... the intervention with respect to the hospital- home transition was chosen in an ef- fort to reduce the risk of spillover ef- fects in a small ...the intervention, a de- tailed log of every ... See full document

... 3. Braga TD, da Silva GA, de Lira PI, de Carvalho Lima M. Efficacy of Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei oral supplementation on necrotizing enterocolitis in very-low-birth- weight preterm ... See full document

... clinical trial that requires several clinical sites to meet the planned re- cruitment goal needed to test the hypothesis that DHA can reduce early preterm birth ...funded trial (R01 DHA and ... See full document

... Eligible infants were recruited between January 2005 and December 2007 from the Royal Women’s Hospital and/or Royal Children’s Hospital (Parkville, Victoria, ...were infants with congenital anomalies likely ... See full document

... secondary outcomes were infants’ longest sleep time in minutes (actigraphy) and mean wakes (actigraphy and diary) and parents’ experiences, using the Multi- dimensional Assessment of Fatigue Scale [MAF] ... See full document

... the intervention. Figure 1 provides de- tails of the intervention program, which involved eliciting a description of the parent’s perception of the child’s sleep problem and the parent’s goals for the ... See full document

... tween infants enrolled and those who were not en- ...group. Infants in both groups re- ceived their initial course of AS at an average of 29 weeks and were consented and randomized at 30 weeks’ ... See full document

... The performance of the experimental group was not superior to the control group in any of the areas of development assessed by the Griffiths Mental Development Scales even after adjustme[r] ... See full document

... ESDM intervention accelerates overall development and is generalizing to everyday ...based intervention retained their di- agnosis of autistic disorder over the 2-year period, only 56% of children in the ... See full document

... 292 infants were recruited and randomized to treatment between first January 2008 and June 14, ...Two infants were withdrawn after consent was given, resulting in randomization of 290 infants ... See full document

... in infants <28 weeks’ gestation who were initially given ...These infants were already at a high risk of death compared with more mature infants, and the precise etiology of death cannot be ... See full document

... The main characteristics of ventilatory support at day 10 (end of the treatment by either hydrocortisone or placebo) were presented in Table 2 for each placental histology group. RDs were adjusted to gestational age ... See full document

... million preterm births are born every year ...of preterm births in Brazil to be 279,300 ...of preterm births [4]. Some data suggest that the real prevalence of preterm birth in Brazil ... See full document