Preterm birth and developmental problems in infancy and preschool age Part II: cognitive, neuropsychological and behavioural outcomes
| Autor: | Natascia Bertoncelli, Fabrizio Ferrari, C Gallo, Isotta Guidotti, Elena Coccolini, Marisa Pugliese, Cecilia Rossi, Elisa Della Casa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Developmental Disabilities Child Behavior Infant Premature Diseases Neuropsychological Tests Child Development Child Preschool Cognition Cognition Disorders Female Humans Infant Infant Newborn Infant Premature Pregnancy Premature Birth Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine Neuropsychological assessment medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Neuropsychology Gestational age Executive functions medicine.disease Child development Premature birth business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 26(16) |
| ISSN: | 1476-4954 |
| Popis: | Few studies focus on the neuropsychological and behavioural outcomes of preterm children at preschool age. This article reviews the most recent and relevant contributions on cognitive, neuropsychological and behavioural outcomes, and the neuroradiological findings in extremely and very preterm infants. In the first 2 years of life, cognitive impairment is common: it has an incidence of 30-40% and a higher prevalence than neuromotor and neurosensorial impairments. Recent studies report that even preterm infants with no major disabilities at preschool age perform more poorly than term peers in multiple neuropsychological domains, such as language, attention, memory, visuomotor and visuospatial processing and executive functions. The incidence and severity of problems increase with decreasing gestational age. A delayed acquisition of neuropsychological functions and/or the occurrence of behavioural problems at preschool age are likely to be predictive of the high rate of cognitive deficits at school age and in adolescence. Neuropsychological functions across multiple developmental domains should be assessed longitudinally during routine follow-up checks. |
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