Background and aims: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent cause of severe physical disability in children. Associate impairments are common in children with CP. The aims were to describe changes in prevalence of children with CP and vision impairment (VI), and to examine the association between VI and neonatal characteristics, associated impairments and CP subtypes.

Background: Assessment of neonatal illness severity is important for quality of care control, unbiased NICU performance comparisons, management studies and rationale use of resources. Emerging evidence indicates that the analysis of heart rate dynamics may provide valuable practical diagnostic and prognostic information. Here, we tested the hypothesis that a reduced dynamics of pulse rate (PR), and perfusion index (PI) is associated with higher illness severity in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with histologically documented chorioamnionitis (HCA), a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Methods: Two VLBW population with and without HCA were examined [HCAϩ: gestational age: 27.

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