Gestational age and birthweight for risk assessment of neurodevelopmental impairment or death in extremely preterm infants

Conclusion
Both BW in grams and GA in days are good predictors of NDI and death in a preterm population selected on the basis of reliable GA.

Trial registration number
NCT00009633.

Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 18, 2016 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Salas, A. A., Carlo, W. A., Ambalavanan, N., Nolen, T. L., Stoll, B. J., Das, A., Higgins, R. D., for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network Tags: Obstetrics and gynaecology, Pregnancy, Reproductive medicine, Child health, Infant health, Neonatal health Original articles Source Type: research