Children with medical complexity (CMC) have medical fragility and intensive care needs that
are not easily met by existing health care models. CMC may have a congenital or acquired …

Background Very preterm infants are at high risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proposed as a means of predicting …

Feeding is a primary concern for families of extremely preterm (EP) infants following
discharge from neonatal care. An increasing number of EP children are being referred for …

Importance Caffeine citrate therapy for apnea of prematurity reduces the rates of
bronchopulmonary dysplasia, severe retinopathy, and neurodevelopmental disability at 18 …

OBJECTIVE. The survival of very low birth weight infants has increased markedly in recent
years. Unfortunately, the prevalence of significant and lifelong motor, cognitive, and …

ContextInformation on the school-age functioning and special health care needs of
extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW,< 1000 g) children is necessary to plan for medical and …

The well-being of parents is essential to the well-being of children with life-limiting illness.
Parents are vulnerable to a range of negative financial, physical, and psychosocial issues …

OBJECTIVE. Young adults who were born very preterm or with a very low birth weight
remain at risk for physical and neurodevelopmental problems and lower academic …

Neurodevelopmental care, which is any NICU intervention undertaken to improve
neurodevelopmental outcome, includes NICU design, nursing routines, nursing care plans …

Premature infants are at risk for adverse motor outcomes, including cerebral palsy and
developmental coordination disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine the …