Quality of life in children undergoing treatment for Pierre Robin Sequence in infancy

Over the last decades, due to improvements in diagnostic techniques, operative and post-operative care, the focus in pediatrics has shifted from mortality as the main outcome to long-term morbidity outcomes relevant to daily life. In children, recovery and morbidity after treatment or an intervention are related to growth and development in the following three domains: physical, mental, and social development (1). After hospital discharge, recovery in these three domains runs simultaneously, resulting in a ‘new normal’ for the child and its parents (for readability, the term parents includes both parents and caregivers).
Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research