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Health-related quality of life at 5 years of age for children born very preterm...

Background: This study aimed to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 5 years of age of European children born very preterm across multi-dimensional outcomes by presence and severity of congenital anomalies. Methods: The study used data from a European cohort of children born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) and followed up to 5 years of age (N = 3493). Multilevel Ordinary Least Squares...

Motor-related health care for 5-year-old children born extremely preterm with m...

Aim: To (1) determine the proportion of 5-year-old children born extremely preterm (EPT) with movement difficulties including cerebral palsy (CP) and the proportion of these children receiving motor-related health care (MRHC), and (2) describe factors associated with receiving MRHC. Method: Children born before 28 weeks’ gestation in 2011 to 2012 in 11 European countries were assessed with the Movement Assessme...

Association between postnatal growth and neurodevelopmental impairment by sex a...

Background & aims: Extra-uterine growth restriction (EUGR) is common among very preterm (VPT) infants and has been associated with impaired neurodevelopment. Some research suggests that adverse effects of EUGR may be more severe in boys. We investigated EUGR and neurodevelopment at 2 years of corrected age (CA) by sex in a VPT birth cohort. Methods: Data come from a population-based cohort of children born <32 ...

Duration and Time Trends in Hospital Stay for Very Preterm Infants Differ Acros...

Objectives: To compare duration and changes over time in length of hospital stay for very preterm and extremely preterm infants in 10 European regions. Design: Two area-based cohort studies from the same regions in 2003 and 2011/2012. Setting: Ten regions from nine European countries. Patients: Infants born between 22 + 0 and 31 + 6 weeks of gestational age and surviving to discharge (Models of Organising Acces...

Variability in Very Preterm Stillbirth and In-Hospital Mortality Across Europe

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Stillbirth and in-hospital mortality rates associated with very preterm births (VPT) vary widely across Europe. International comparisons are complicated by a lack of standardized data collection and differences in definitions, registration, and reporting. This study aims to determine what proportion of the variation in stillbirth and in-hospital VPT mortality rates persists after adju...

Variation in term birth weight across European countries affects the prevalence...

Aim: This study assessed the prevalence of small for gestational age (SGA) among very preterm (VPT) infants using national and European intrauterine references. Methods. We generated country‐specific and common European intrauterine growth references for 11 European countries, according to Gardosi's approach and Hadlock's foetal growth model, using national data on birthweights by sex. These references were app...

Variability in the management and outcomes of extremely preterm births across f...

Objective: To explore international variations in the management and survival of extremely low gestational age and birthweight births. Design Area-based prospective cohort of births: Setting 12 regions across Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and the UK. Participants: 1449 live births and fetal deaths between 22+0 and 25+6 weeks gestation born in 2011–2012. Main outcome measures: Percentage of births; recorded l...

Association of Short Antenatal Corticosteroid Administration-to-Birth Intervals...

Administration-to-birth intervals of antenatal corticosteroids (ANS) vary. The significance of this variation is unclear. Specifically, to our knowledge, the shortest effective administration-to-birth interval is unknown. Objective:To explore the associations between ANS administration-to-birth interval and survival and morbidity among very preterm infants. Design, Setting, and Participants: The Effective Perin...

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