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General Movements and Outcome in Children with Birthweights ≤ 500 Grams at Age 5 to 6 Years

Peter Schulz, Andreas Schulze · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2020 · Heft 02 · S. 86-92

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Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie
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Peter Schulz, Andreas Schulze
Ausgabe
Heft 02 / 2020
Jahrgang 224
Seiten
86-92
Erschienen: 2020-04-01 00:00:00
ISSN
0948-2393
DOI
10.1055/a-0966-9740

Zusammenfassung

Abstract Background The prognosis of long-term outcome in the delicate subgroup of preterm infants born with a birthweight ≤ 500 g is difficult. We wanted to determine whether general movements (GMs) correlate with outcome at 5 to 6 years of age in preterm children with birthweights ≤500 g. Methods GMs were assessed up to 20 weeks postterm age in a cohort of infants born consecutively in our unit between 1998 until 2003. A structured neurological examination, the Gross Motor Function Classification Scale, and the Kaufman Assessment Battery Test for Children were applied in surviving children at 5 to 6 years. In…

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development extremely low birth weight infant outcome general movements Children Normal Infants Assessment Movements Birthweights Postterm Motor Years Preterm Fidgety Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie