One hundred twenty-seven children born between September 1st 1980 and August 31st 1985 weighing less than or equal to 1500 g at birth and submitted to intensive neonatal care were followed-up to the age of 12-36 months of corrected age with a follow-up program to assess their neuromotor and cognitive development. The incidence of cerebral palsy (CP) in the population in question was 15.7\% at 12 and 24 months and 14.6\% at 36 months. A peak CP rate was observed among those born in 1982 with a steady decline in the number of CP cases among those born in the last years of this study. The group of children with a birth weight of 1001-1500 g (VLBWI) was more heavily affected by CP than those whose weight was less than or equal to 1000 g (ELBWI). Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation between neuromotor development and the following factors relative to the perinatal period: type of birth, sex, respiratory distress requiring assisted ventilation, acidosis, ultrasound, neurological examination at the 40th week of gestational age.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Fazzi1990
%A Fazzi, E.
%A Bianchini, L.
%A Ometto, A.
%A Piazza, F.
%A Rondini, G.
%A Lanzi, G.
%D 1990
%J Minerva Pediatr
%K Age Factors; Cerebral Palsy; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Newborn; Italy; Male; Sex Time Factors
%N 6
%P 219--225
%T Infantile cerebral palsy and neuromotor development in very low birth weight infants
%V 42
%X One hundred twenty-seven children born between September 1st 1980 and August 31st 1985 weighing less than or equal to 1500 g at birth and submitted to intensive neonatal care were followed-up to the age of 12-36 months of corrected age with a follow-up program to assess their neuromotor and cognitive development. The incidence of cerebral palsy (CP) in the population in question was 15.7\% at 12 and 24 months and 14.6\% at 36 months. A peak CP rate was observed among those born in 1982 with a steady decline in the number of CP cases among those born in the last years of this study. The group of children with a birth weight of 1001-1500 g (VLBWI) was more heavily affected by CP than those whose weight was less than or equal to 1000 g (ELBWI). Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation between neuromotor development and the following factors relative to the perinatal period: type of birth, sex, respiratory distress requiring assisted ventilation, acidosis, ultrasound, neurological examination at the 40th week of gestational age.
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abstract = {One hundred twenty-seven children born between September 1st 1980 and August 31st 1985 weighing less than or equal to 1500 g at birth and submitted to intensive neonatal care were followed-up to the age of 12-36 months of corrected age with a follow-up program to assess their neuromotor and cognitive development. The incidence of cerebral palsy (CP) in the population in question was 15.7\% at 12 and 24 months and 14.6\% at 36 months. A peak CP rate was observed among those born in 1982 with a steady decline in the number of CP cases among those born in the last years of this study. The group of children with a birth weight of 1001-1500 g (VLBWI) was more heavily affected by CP than those whose weight was less than or equal to 1000 g (ELBWI). Statistical analysis revealed a significant correlation between neuromotor development and the following factors relative to the perinatal period: type of birth, sex, respiratory distress requiring assisted ventilation, acidosis, ultrasound, neurological examination at the 40th week of gestational age.},
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author = {Fazzi, E. and Bianchini, L. and Ometto, A. and Piazza, F. and Rondini, G. and Lanzi, G.},
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keywords = {Age Factors; Cerebral Palsy; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Newborn; Italy; Male; Sex Time Factors},
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title = {[Infantile cerebral palsy and neuromotor development in very low birth weight infants]},
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