title: [Mortality and neurological morbidity in prematurely born infants and low birthweight infants born at term].
abstract: In a follow-up study the fate and development of 245 prematures with a birthweight below 1,500 g and of 230 infants with a birth weight of 1,501-2,500 g are reported. The mortality of infants with a birthweight below 1,500 g was 29.8%, in the group of infants with higher birthweights 9.1%. The frequency of severe neurological sequelae in infants with very low birthweight was 8.2%, in the other group of infants 3.5%. Minor handicaps and developmental abnormalities were found in a frequency of 12.2%, and 4.7% respectively. These results meet the present international standard in centers for perinatal medicine. Prospective investigations are mandatory to recognize causal factors for later severe handicaps.
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005860:Germany, West; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Mortalität und neurologische Morbidität bei ehemaligen Frühgeborenen und untergewichtigen Termingeborenen.