Cognitive, motor, behavioural and academic performances of children born preterm: a meta‐analysis and systematic review involving 64 061 children

J Allotey, J Zamora, F Cheong‐See… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Preterm birth may leave the brain vulnerable to dysfunction. Knowledge of
future neurodevelopmental delay in children born with various degrees of prematurity is …

Cognitive outcomes of children born extremely or very preterm since the 1990s and associated risk factors: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

ES Twilhaar, RM Wade, JF De Kieviet… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite apparent progress in perinatal care, children born extremely or very
preterm (EP/VP) remain at high risk for cognitive deficits. Insight into factors contributing to …

Cervicovaginal microbiota and local immune response modulate the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery

MA Elovitz, P Gajer, V Riis, AG Brown… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Failure to predict and understand the causes of preterm birth, the leading cause of neonatal
morbidity and mortality, have limited effective interventions and therapeutics. From a cohort …

The epidemiology, etiology, and costs of preterm birth

HA Frey, MA Klebanoff - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
After decades of rising preterm birth rates in the USA and other countries, recent prematurity
rates seem to be on the decline. Despite this optimistic trend, preterm birth rates remain …

Small vulnerable newborns—big potential for impact

P Ashorn, U Ashorn, Y Muthiani, S Aboubaker, S Askari… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite major achievements in child survival, the burden of neonatal mortality has remained
high and even increased in some countries since 1990. Currently, most neonatal deaths are …

Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder during the perinatal period and child outcomes: A systematic review

N Cook, S Ayers, A Horsch - Journal of affective disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Approximately 3.3% of women in pregnancy have posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and 4% of women postpartum PTSD. The impact of maternal PTSD during …

White matter injury in the preterm infant: pathology and mechanisms

SA Back - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
The human preterm brain is particularly susceptible to cerebral white matter injury (WMI) that
disrupts the normal progression of developmental myelination. Advances in the care of …

Socioeconomic status and executive function: Developmental trajectories and mediation

DA Hackman, R Gallop, GW Evans… - Developmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) predicts executive function (EF), but fundamental
aspects of this relation remain unknown: the developmental course of the SES disparity, its …

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and very preterm/very low birth weight: a meta-analysis

AP Franz, GU Bolat, H Bolat, A Matijasevich… - …, 2018 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review and meta-analyze the risk of VP/VLBW and EP/ELBW
individuals to develop a ADHD categorical diagnosis or dimensional symptomatology …

Breast milk feeding, brain development, and neurocognitive outcomes: a 7-year longitudinal study in infants born at less than 30 weeks' gestation

MB Belfort, PJ Anderson, VA Nowak, KJ Lee… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the associations of breast milk intake after birth with neurological
outcomes at term equivalent and 7 years of age in very preterm infants Study design We …