Fantoms

Outcomes of preterm infants In 2010, the Dutch practice regarding initiation of active treatment in extremely preterm infants was lowered from 25 completed weeks’ to 24 completed weeks’ gestation. The Editor’s choice for this issue is the EPI-DAF study, reported by Pauline E van Beek and colleagues. The study provides contemporary population-based neurodevelopmental outcome data for all Dutch live-born infants, born between 240/7 weeks’ and 266/7 weeks’ gestational age, who reached 2 years’ corrected age in 2018–2020. Assessments included medical history taking, physical and neurological examination, and assessment of mental and psychomotor development with the Dutch version of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III-NL). Parents filled out the Child Behavioural Checklist. A combination of medical history and results of the assessment was used to rate hearing and vision status. A composite outcome representing all these domains was classified as either moderate-to-severe impairment or mild or...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: Highlights from this issue Source Type: research