title: Early developmental care interventions of preterm very low birth weight infants.
abstract: The preterm very low birth weight infants are at high risk of developing neurodevelopmental delay despite little or no medical complications at the time of birth. The care and interventions of such infants have an impact on the pre-existing risk. The Developmental Care Interventions (DCI) are the range of treatment strategies aiming to alleviate the risk thereby improving neuro-developmental outcomes. The objective of this review is to appraise the range of such interventions for preterm very low birth weight infants reported in the literature. This review will help clinicians to adopt developmental intervention strategy to improve the neuro-developmental outcomes of their NICU graduates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiotherapy and *Pediatrics, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim, India. Correspondence to: Dr Selvam Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Physiotherapy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Associated: Central Referral Hospital, 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, East Sikkim 737 102. rs79physio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Selvam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Sudip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008405:Massage; D019124:Therapeutic Touch