Abstract
Indigent populations have received little attention in neonatal follow-up studies. We conducted 'blinded' evaluations one year past term for 204 indigent high-risk infants who were ventilator treated or had a very low birth weight (VLBW) (≤1500 g) and 85 healthy term controls from families similar to those of the high-risk infants. Marked developmental delay (Bayley Mental Developmental Index, <70) or gross motor abnormality occurred in 2% of controls, 27% of VLBW infants, 33% of ventilator-treated infants, and 39% of ventilator-treated VLBW infants. Despite considerable effort to prevent attrition, 43% of high-risk survivors were unavailable for follow-up at the one-year visit. Even if all of these infants were assumed to be normal, the incidence of developmental delay exceeded that in 11 of 12 recent studies. Indigent high-risk infants deserve considerable follow-up attention because of their high rate of attrition and developmental delay.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 100-105 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Journal of Diseases of Children |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1987 |
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Disappointing follow-up findings for indigent high-risk newborns. / Lasky, R. E.; Tyson, J. E.; Rosenfeld, C. R.; Krasinski, D.; Dowling, S.; Gant, N. F.
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AU - Lasky, R. E.
AU - Tyson, J. E.
AU - Rosenfeld, C. R.
AU - Krasinski, D.
AU - Dowling, S.
AU - Gant, N. F.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Indigent populations have received little attention in neonatal follow-up studies. We conducted 'blinded' evaluations one year past term for 204 indigent high-risk infants who were ventilator treated or had a very low birth weight (VLBW) (≤1500 g) and 85 healthy term controls from families similar to those of the high-risk infants. Marked developmental delay (Bayley Mental Developmental Index, <70) or gross motor abnormality occurred in 2% of controls, 27% of VLBW infants, 33% of ventilator-treated infants, and 39% of ventilator-treated VLBW infants. Despite considerable effort to prevent attrition, 43% of high-risk survivors were unavailable for follow-up at the one-year visit. Even if all of these infants were assumed to be normal, the incidence of developmental delay exceeded that in 11 of 12 recent studies. Indigent high-risk infants deserve considerable follow-up attention because of their high rate of attrition and developmental delay.
AB - Indigent populations have received little attention in neonatal follow-up studies. We conducted 'blinded' evaluations one year past term for 204 indigent high-risk infants who were ventilator treated or had a very low birth weight (VLBW) (≤1500 g) and 85 healthy term controls from families similar to those of the high-risk infants. Marked developmental delay (Bayley Mental Developmental Index, <70) or gross motor abnormality occurred in 2% of controls, 27% of VLBW infants, 33% of ventilator-treated infants, and 39% of ventilator-treated VLBW infants. Despite considerable effort to prevent attrition, 43% of high-risk survivors were unavailable for follow-up at the one-year visit. Even if all of these infants were assumed to be normal, the incidence of developmental delay exceeded that in 11 of 12 recent studies. Indigent high-risk infants deserve considerable follow-up attention because of their high rate of attrition and developmental delay.
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