Impact of emollient therapy for preterm infants in the neonatal period on child neurodevelopment in Bangladesh: an observational cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: Emollient massage of very preterm, hospitalized newborn infants improved some child neurodevelopmental outcomes over the first 2 years of follow-up. Findings warrant further confirmatory research.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov (98-04-21-03-2) under weblink https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00162747.PMID:34039435 | PMC:PMC8152128 | DOI:10.1186/s41043-021-00248-9

Source: Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition - May 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gary L Darmstadt Naila Z Khan Summer Rosenstock Humaira Muslima Monowara Parveen Wajeeha Mahmood A S M Nawshad Uddin Ahmed M A K Azad Chowdhury Scott Zeger Samir K Saha Source Type: research