Perinatal conditions and early assessment of low-birth-weight premature infants

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Louthrenoo O., Chotenarumol S.
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035409397&partnerID=40&md5=5db6bfc0ef3ceb341222d8ed713be655; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11759971; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1802

The developmental assessment of 60 low-birth-weight premature infants, who had no major handicap, was compared with that of 30 term infants at a chronological age of 6 months. Both groups showed no statistically significant differences in mean scores for the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, but the premature group was more likely to have a clinically significant lower function. The premature infants' mental performance had a significantly inverse correlation with the number of days spent in hospital. Follow-up was essential for this group of children in obtaining the early detection of any handicap and performing timely therapeutic intervention.