Outcome of extremely low birth weight infants: What's new in the third millennium? Neuropsychological profiles at four years

• Published in: Early human development Vol. 88; no. 4; pp. 241 - 250
• Main Authors: Olivieri, Ivana, Bova, Stefania Maria, Urgesi, Cosimo, Ariaudo, Giada, Perotto, Eleonora, Fazzi, Elisa, Stronati, Mauro, Fabbro, Franco, Balottin, Umberto, Orcesi, Simona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Advanced Basic Science; Age; Attention; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight; Child Development - physiology; Child, Preschool; Children; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; Cognitive outcome; Complications; Developmental Disabilities - diagnosis; Developmental Disabilities - etiology; Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology; Emotional behavior; Executive function; Extremely low birth weight infants; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight - physiology; Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight - psychology; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Intelligence; Intelligence - physiology; Language Development; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Memory; Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Neuropsychological Tests; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Pediatrics - methods; Pediatrics - trends; Preterm infants; Prognosis; Visual perception; Extremely low birth weight infants; Cognitive outcome; Preterm infants; Human; Prematurity; Infant; Cognition; Extremely low birthweight
• ISSN: 0378-3782; 1872-6232; 1872-6232
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.08.012

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...