Preterm Infants as Young Adults: A Swedish National Cohort Study

Lindström, Karin; Winbladh, Birger; Haglund, Bengt; Hjern, Anders

doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3260

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“…This finding is consistent with a large research literature showing that infants born prematurely have less favorable long-term educational and social outcomes (e.g., Moster et al 2008;Lindstrom et al 2007). Additionally, individuals with NS whose parents have higher education levels are at reduced risk for cognitive and adaptive difficulties (Pierpont et al 2010a;Pierpont et al 2009).…”

Section: Adaptive Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 90%

Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals with Noonan Syndrome: a Systematic Literature Review with Educational and Treatment Recommendations

Pierpont

2015

J Pediatr Neuropsychol

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Noonan syndrome (NS) is a relatively common genetic syndrome with variable features including short stature, congenital heart disease, distinctive facial characteristics, skeletal anomalies, and varying degrees of developmental delay. NS is caused by gene mutations in a cellular signaling pathway that is essential for typical growth and development. Research in the past few decades has revealed that individuals with NS have highly variable neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes. To a certain extent, variability in cognitive functioning depends on the particular gene where a mutation is found; additionally, factors related to medical severity and environmental effects contribute substantially to outcomes. This article contains a systematic review of research on neuropsychological features of NS, including cognition, motor development, language, memory, attention, visual perception, adaptive behavior, social skills, and mental health concerns. Given the wide variety of possible cognitive and behavioral complications associated with NS, it is recommended that clinical neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive, adaptive, and psychological domains of functioning should be standard of care for all individuals with NS. Suggested considerations for assessment of individuals with NS are provided. The paper concludes with recommendations for educational and therapeutic interventions, as well as suggestions for future research directions.

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Section: Adaptive Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 90%

Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals with Noonan Syndrome: a Systematic Literature Review with Educational and Treatment Recommendations

Pierpont

2015

J Pediatr Neuropsychol

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“…Of the few population-based studies, most are regional or rely on constrained national registry data. [41][42][43][44] The study that is most similar to ours is the Netherlands Project on Preterm and Small for Gestational Age Infants study in VLBW/VP infants born in 1983. 45,46 As in our study, Hille et al, 46 reporting from the POPS study cohort at age 19 years, found that VLBW survivors had greater difficulty establishing social contacts but did not have elevated risks of psychopathology compared with their term-born peers.…”

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Psychosocial Outcomes of Young Adults Born Very Low Birth Weight

Darlow¹,

Horwood

Pere-Bracken³

et al. 2013

Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Several studies have suggested that very low birth weight young adults have increased risks of physical and health problems, educational underachievement, and poorer social functioning than their peers, but there are limited population-based and longitudinal data.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Former VLBW young adults in this national cohort scored as well as term controls on many measures of health and social functioning, including quality-of-life scores, with some differences largely confined to those with disability at age 7 to 8 years.abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the early adult health, education, and social functioning of a national cohort of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants born in 1986 in New Zealand compared with a control group of young adults born the same year. The impact of neurodevelopmental disability at age 7 to 8 years on young adult outcomes was examined.METHODS: Participants underwent a comprehensive face-to-face interview that included standardized assessment tools and previously used custom written survey items. RESULTS:We interviewed 230 VLBW young adults (71% of survivors) and 69 controls at age 22 to 23 years. VLBW young adults were 5.6 kg lighter and 4.2 cm shorter than controls, had lower rates of tertiary education/ training (percentage difference [95% confidence interval]: 213.1 [221.6 to 21.8]) and university degree completion (215.6 [228.0 to 24.8]), had more often been welfare dependent (23.5 [10.2 to 35.0]), had few or no friends (20.5 [7.2 to 32.2]), and more often had wheeze in the past year (20.1 [9.0 to 28.6]). However, in many areas there were no differences between the VLBW cohort and controls, and VLBW adults rated their overall quality of life and behavioral functioning similarly to their peers. Those with previous disability had poorer social, occupational, and physical functioning than other VLBW young adults.CONCLUSIONS: Despite some evidence of health, educational, and social difficulties, former VLBW young adults obtained similar scores across many aspects of health and social functioning as their same age peers, with some differences largely confined to those with previous disability.

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“…Preterm birth is associated with poorly understood impairments in cognitive and motor skills that last at least into adolescence and probably throughout life (Chyi, Lee, Hintz, Gould, & Sutcliffe, 2008;Lindstrom, Winbladh, Haglund, & Hjern, 2007;Morse, Zheng, Tang, & Roth, 2009). We used a cTBS protocol that induces an LTD-like plastic response to assess motor cortical plasticity in a group of adolescents born preterm (between 26 and 36 weeks gestational age).…”

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Non-invasive induction of plasticity in the human cortex: Uses and limitations

Vallence

Ridding

2014

Cortex

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After the embargo period via non-commercial hosting platforms such as their institutional repository  via commercial sites with which Elsevier has an agreement In all cases accepted manuscripts should: link to the formal publication via its DOI  bear a CC-BY-NC-ND license -this is easy to do, click here to find out how  if aggregated with other manuscripts, for example in a repository or other site, be shared in alignment with our hosting policy  not be added to or enhanced in any way to appear more like, or to substitute for, the published journal article AbstractThe last couple of decades have seen the development of a number of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques that are capable of inducing short-lasting plasticity in the human cortex. Importantly, the induction of lasting plastic changes can, under some conditions, reversibly modify behaviour and interact with learning.These techniques have provided novel opportunities to study human cortical plasticity and examine the role of cortical regions in behaviour. In this review we briefly summarise current NIBS techniques, outline approaches to characterise and quantify cortical plastic change, and describe mechanisms that are implicated in the induced

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Preterm Infants as Young Adults: A Swedish National Cohort Study

Abstract: The majority of adults who were born very preterm lived an independent and self-supportive life. Moderately preterm birth carries a considerable risk for long-term impairment. There are strong economic incentives for secondary prevention of disability associated with preterm birth.

Cited by 218 publications

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Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals with Noonan Syndrome: a Systematic Literature Review with Educational and Treatment Recommendations

Neuropsychological Functioning in Individuals with Noonan Syndrome: a Systematic Literature Review with Educational and Treatment Recommendations

Psychosocial Outcomes of Young Adults Born Very Low Birth Weight

Non-invasive induction of plasticity in the human cortex: Uses and limitations

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