Objectives To analyse published cost-of-illness studies that had assessed the cost of
prematurity according to gestational age at birth. Methods A review of the literature was …

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the effects of very preterm birth (gestational age< 32 weeks or
birth weight< 1501 g) and prematurity-related morbidities on health care costs during the fifth …

Advances in neonatal care have improved the survival of infants born prematurely although
these infants remain at increased risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. The …

There has been some improvement in the treatment of preterm infants, which has helped to
increase their chance of survival. However, the rate of premature births is still globally …

Inroduction White matter injury and abnormal maturation are thought to be major
contributors to the neurodevelopmental disabilities observed in children and adolescents …

Background Results from previous studies show that the cognitive ability of offspring might
be irreversibly damaged as a result of their mother's mild iodine deficiency during …

Background Every year, about 15 million of the world's infants are born preterm (before 37
weeks gestation). In Alberta, the preterm birth rate was 8.7% in 2015, the second highest …

Objective To use cardiac MRI techniques to assess ventricular function and systemic
perfusion in preterm and term newborns, to compare techniques to echocardiographic …

Readiness for school learning is an important predictor of subsequent educational
achievement, which in turn predicts health and social outcomes into adulthood. This …

Abstract Background In 2010 a Cochrane review confirmed that folic acid (FA)
supplementation prevents the first-and second-time occurrence of neural tube defects …