作者
Ivana Olivieri, Stefania Maria Bova, Cosimo Urgesi, Giada Ariaudo, Eleonora Perotto, Elisa Fazzi, Mauro Stronati, Franco Fabbro, Umberto Balottin, Simona Orcesi
发表日期
2012/4/1
期刊
Early human development
卷号
88
期号
4
页码范围
241-250
出版商
Elsevier
简介
BACKGROUND
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants, even those not presenting severe neuromotor sequelae, continue to be at risk of developing multiple, complex disorders involving the cognitive, emotional and behavioural domains. Follow-up protocols are able, in the short term, to identify subjects at risk of developing major sequelae, however they fail to identify all children at risk of developing disorders.
AIMS
To investigate the cognitive, neuropsychological and behavioural outcomes of a sample of ELBW children at the age of four years in order to identify characteristic profiles.
STUDY DESIGN
Longitudinal study.
SUBJECTS
16 healthy ELBW children born in 2005 and followed up until the age of four.
OUTCOME MEASURE
Performances on standardised tests evaluating intelligence, memory, cognitive visual functions, attention, and executive functions.
RESULTS
General intelligence was within normal …
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