Neurologic and Developmental Outcomes of High-Risk Neonates

For too long, neonatal follow-up was seen as a necessary means to the end of completing developmental assessments, as endpoints for clinical trials conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or statistical prognostic tools, nominally aimed at counseling parents of vulnerable infants. Now, neonatal follow-up has been transformed as a critical means to achieving the best possible outcomes for infants born at high risk and their families. As the wider import of long-term follow-up has become more broadly accepted, the complexities involved in providing exemplary follow-up have become clear as well.
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research