title: Developmental outcome of high-risk neonates in North Staffordshire.
abstract: The findings of the developmental outcome of a 2-year follow-up study (1982-1983) on 92 2 1/2-year-old children born in North Staffordshire District are reported. They were assessed by the Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales and all came from a defined geographical area. The babies were all cared for in the Neonatal Unit at the North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital. The group comprised infants weighing less than 1500 g and those of more than 1500 g who required ventilatory support for more than 48 hours. Nine (9.8%) children had major disabilities, including two with severe hearing impairment and two with visual impairment. Disabilities were not attributable to a congenital abnormality or illness acquired after discharge from the neonatal unit.
authors.affiliation: North Staffordshire Maternity Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mali
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Brookfield
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012307:Risk Factors