Morbidity of very low birthweight infants at corrected age of two years in a geographically defined population. Report from Project on Preterm and Small for gestational age infants in The Netherlands

T M van Zeben-van der Aa; S P Verloove-Vanhorick; R Brand; J H Ruys

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91265-8

Morbidity of very low birthweight infants at corrected age of two years in a geographically defined population. Report from Project on Preterm and Small for gestational age infants in The Netherlands

Lancet. 1989 Feb 4;1(8632):253-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91265-8.

Authors

T M van Zeben-van der Aa¹, S P Verloove-Vanhorick, R Brand, J H Ruys

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, University Hospital, Leiden, the Netherlands.

PMID: 2563419
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91265-8

Abstract

In a nationwide prospective survey on very preterm and very-low-birthweight infants in the Netherlands, a neurodevelopmental assessment was made at the corrected age of two years in a virtually complete population. The study achieved a 97.4% follow-up rate. A major handicap was found in 59 children and a minor handicap in 111 children (4.4% and 8.3% of liveborn infants, respectively). Unlike mortality, handicap was apparently unrelated to gestational age or birthweight.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Cause of Death
Congenital Abnormalities / epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant Mortality*
Infant, Low Birth Weight*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature*
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Intellectual Disability / epidemiology
Male
Netherlands
Neurologic Examination
Prospective Studies