Five-year follow-up study of extremely low-birthweight infants.
This study investigated whether extremely low-birthweight (ELBW) babies, who at two years had no major handicaps, were at higher risk for intellectual and socio-emotional problems at five years than a control group of children with normal birthweights. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups. The ELBW children were language-delayed, and more active and more intense in their behaviour. There was a tendency for the ELBW children to be lighter and shorter than the controls, but their mean head-circumference was significantly smaller. In general, however, if no serious neurological, neurosensory or cognitive impairment is found among ELBW children at two years, later cognitive and socio-emotional development is likely to be within the normal range.
Portnoy
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Adolescent Unit, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
Callias
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Wolke
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Gamsu
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D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012737:Sex Factors