title: Babies born with gastroschisis and followed up to the age of six years faced long-term morbidity and impairments.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aims of this Argentinian study were to describe and analyse the outcomes of a continuous interdisciplinary follow-up programme of patients with gastroschisis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective, longitudinal study of babies with gastroschisis admitted from 1 November 2003 to 31 October 2014, and this paper presents results at one, three and six years of age. Matched-pairs analyses were carried out when they were one and six.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We enrolled 62 babies and assessed 52 at one year of age, 34 at three years and 17 at six years. This showed that 63% had mental health problems and 5% had recurrent wheezing. Normal outcomes at one, three and six years were growth (80%, 85% and 80%), neurology-psychomotor development index (64%, 50% and 82%), audiology (100%, 76% and 76%), vision (98%, 94% and 89%) and language (55%, 62% and 65%). The rehospitalisation rates were 30%, 0.3% and zero, and the surgical re-intervention rates were 9%, 0.3% and 12%. Matched-pairs analysis showed no significant differences between outcomes at the ages of one and six.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Babies born with gastroschisis were at risk for long-term morbidity and impairments, according to follow-up assessments at the ages of one, three and six years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giúdici
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Vivian Susana
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bokser
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Maximiliano Alejo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Maricic
authors.affiliation: Regional Neonatal Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sergio G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Golombek
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Pedro de Elizalde Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Claudia Cecilia
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ferrario
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D020139:Gastroschisis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011446:Prospective Studies
keywords: Gastroschisis; Impairments; Interdisciplinary; Long-term outcomes; Morbidity