Cognitive outcome of very‐low‐birthweight infants at 6 years of age

Abstract

In comparison with that observed in the VL infants, the intelligence quotient of the EL infants was inferior and exhibited more inter-individual variation. Intra-individual imbalances of the cognitive function were highly observed irrespective of the EL or VL status. Restriction of intrauterine brain growth and greater doses of dexamethasone may be harmful for subsequent cognitive outcomes.

Extrauterine growth restriction was associated with short stature and thinness in very low birthweight infants at around six years of age

“…Since April 2005, the National Hospital Organization, Saga Hospital, Japan, has recommended that VLBW infants undergo a comprehensive medical check‐up, including a cognitive function test, in the year before they enter primary school at the age of six . This study focused on data produced as part of these follow‐up tests and included children tested up to July 2017.…”

Neurodevelopmental outcome descriptions in cohorts of extremely preterm children

“…Training was complete once per cent agreement on a paper exceeded 85%. After training, one assessor (SD) independently evaluated the remaining papers;18–28 one verifier (AC) reviewed three of these 11 papers 18–20. Thus, six papers in total were assessed in duplicate 15–20.…”

Batería Luria Inicial y desarrollo de las funciones psicológicas superiores [Initial Battery Luria and development of higher psychological functions]

“…De manera general, la literatura reporta que el perfil neurocognitivo del niño bajo peso se caracteriza por bajo desempeño en tareas intelectuales (Hutchinson et al, 2013;Takayanagi et al, 2013) …”