Neurodevelopmental disorders and somatic diagnoses in a national cohort of children born before 24 weeks of gestation
Autor: | Eva Morsing, Pia Lundgren, Anna‐Lena Hård, Alexander Rakow, Lena Hellström‐Westas, Lena Jacobson, Mats Johnson, Staffan Nilsson, Lois E.H. Smith, Karin Sävman, Ann Hellström |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder neurodevelopmental disorders Infant Newborn Vision Disorders Pediatrik General Medicine Pediatrics long-term support Neurodevelopmental Disorders Intellectual Disability Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health extremely preterm birth habilitation care somatic disorders Humans Female Child Retrospective Studies |
Zdroj: | Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 111(6) |
ISSN: | 1651-2227 |
Popis: | Aim This study investigated childhood diagnoses in children born extremely preterm before 24 weeks of gestation. Methods Diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders and selected somatic diagnoses were retrospectively retrieved from national Swedish registries for children born before 24 weeks from 2007 to 2018. Their individual medical files were also examined. Results We studied 383 children born at a median of 23.3 (range 21.9–23.9) weeks, with a median birthweight of 565 (range 340–874) grams. Three-quarters (75%) had neurodevelopmental disorders, including speech disorders (52%), intellectual disabilities (40%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (30%), autism spectrum disorders (24%), visual impairment (22%), cerebral palsy (17%), epilepsy (10%) and hearing impairment (5%). More boys than girls born at 23 weeks had intellectual disabilities (45% vs. 27%, p |
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