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Protocol for development of an assessment tool for competency of ECG interpretation: expert consensus by the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method and cross-sectional testing using multidimensional item response theory
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assess relationship moderate late preterm birth 32073667 weeks longterm educational outcomes hypothesized moderate late preterm birth would associated adverse outcomes elementary school test linked vital statistics patient discharge data office statewide health planning development including birth outcomes 20152016 school year administrative data large urban school district n 72 316 compared relative risk moderate late preterm term infants later adverse neurocognitive behavioral outcomes kindergarten 12th grade adjusting socioeconomic status compared term birth moderate late preterm birth associated increased risk low performance mathematics english language arts chronic absenteeism suspension risks emerged kindergarten grade 2 remained grades 35 seemed wash later grades exception suspension remained grades 912 confirming hypothesis moderate late preterm birth associated adverse educational outcomes late elementary school indicating significant risk factor school districts could leverage targeting early intervention future studies need test relations geographically socioeconomically diverse school districts include wider variety outcomes consider early interventions moderate associations birth outcomes educational outcomes