Morbidity of very low birthweight infants at corrected age of two years in a geographically defined population. Report from Project on Preterm and Small for gestational age infants in The Netherlands.
In a nationwide prospective survey on very preterm and very-low-birthweight infants in the Netherlands, a neurodevelopmental assessment was made at the corrected age of two years in a virtually complete population. The study achieved a 97.4% follow-up rate. A major handicap was found in 59 children and a minor handicap in 111 children (4.4% and 8.3% of liveborn infants, respectively). Unlike mortality, handicap was apparently unrelated to gestational age or birthweight.
van Zeben-van der Aa
T M
TM
Department of Neonatology, University Hospital, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Verloove-Vanhorick
S P
SP
Brand
R
R
Ruys
J H
JH
D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011446:Prospective Studies