Esther Hutchinson|Cinzia R. De Luca|Lex W. Doyle|Gehan Roberts|Peter J. Anderson
School-age Outcomes of Extremely Preterm or Extremely Low Birth Weight Children
Royal Women's Hospital|Royal Children's Hospital|University of Melbourne|Royal Women's Hospital|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|Royal Women's Hospital|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|Royal Women's Hospital|Royal Children's Hospital|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute|University of Melbourne|Murdoch Children's Research Institute
objective research required monitor changes nature neurobehavioral deficits extremely preterm ep extremely low birth weight elbw survivors study examines cognitive academic behavioral outcomes age 8 years regional cohort epelbw children born 1997 methods epelbw cohort comprised live births gestational age amplt28 weeks ep birth weight amplt1000 g elbw born state victoria australia 1997 317 live births 201 634 survived 2 years age termnormal birth weight tnbw cohort recruited comprising 199 infants birth weights amplt2500 g gestational age amplt37 weeks measures intellectual ability educational achievement behavior administered age 8 results retention 94 epelbw group 87 tnbw group epelbw group performed poorer tnbw group measures iq educational achievement certain behavioral domains even adjustment sociodemographic factors exclusion children neurosensory impairment rate neurobehavioral impairment elevated epelbw group 71 vs 42 onehalf subjects multiple impairments outcomes amplt750 g birth weight amplt26 weeks gestational age similar birth weight 750 999 g gestational age 26 27 weeks respectively conclusions despite ongoing improvements management epelbw infants rate neurobehavioral impairment schoolage remains high relative controls