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The aim of this study was to was to determine both short- and long-term outcomes of extremely preterm birth data were collected for all births before 26 completed weeks of gestation
Abstract:
The principal objective of the EPICure studies was to determine both short- and long-term outcomes of extremely preterm birth. Data were collected for all births before 26 completed weeks of gestation in the UK and Republic of Ireland for 10 months in 1995. Of 811 infants admitted to neonatal units, 314 (39%) survived. Of these, 283 (92%) were assessed at 2.5 years and 241 (78%) at 6 more...
International Classification:
Premature - births
Categories:
outcomes of extremely preterm birth
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Bjog,
Vol: 113 Suppl 3 Page: 10-2 December 2006
K. Costeloe
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The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesize that neuromotor and executive-function deficits may independently contribute to school failure in extreme premature birth and motor and executive function at 6 years of age
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Studies of very preterm infants have demonstrated impairments in multiple neurocognitive domains. We hypothesized that neuromotor and executive-function deficits may independently contribute to school failure. METHODS: We studied children who were born at < or = 25 completed weeks' gestation in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1995 at early school age. Children underwent more...
International Classification:
Premature - births
Categories:
school failure
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Pediatrics,
Vol: 120 Page: 793-804 October 2007
N. Marlow; E. M. Hennessy; M. A. Bracewell; D. Wolke
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