Long-term prognosis of infants with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome. Follow-up studies in infants surviving after the introduction of continuous positive airway pressure.
Fifty-one children surviving IRDS with CPAP alone or CPAP and IPPV were studied at the age of 2.5 to 4.0 years. One child had developed tetraplegia and mental retardation and 6 children were speech-retarded. Correlation with perinatal events showed that this group of children had a significantly lower gestational age and birth weight, a lower Apgar score and a higher PCO2 prior to ventilatory treatment than the remainder. Re-examination by age 4.0 to 5.0 years showed persistent handicaps in only four of the seven children.
D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D009048:Motor Skills; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011379:Prognosis; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology