Functional impairments at school age of preterm born children with late-onset sepsis
- van der Ree, Meike
- Tanis, Jozien C.
- Van Braeckel, Koenraad N.J.A.
- Bos, Arend F.
- Roze, Elise
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AbstractBackgroundLate-onset sepsis is a relatively common complication particularly of preterm birth that affects approximately a quarter of very low birth weight infants.AimWe aimed to determine the motor, cognitive, and behavioural outcome at school age of preterm children with late-onset sepsis compared to matched controls.Study design and subjectsA prospective case–control study that included preterm infants (gestational age<32weeks and/or birth weight<1500g) admitted to our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in 2000–2001 with a culture-proven late-onset sepsis, and controls matched for gestational age.Outcome measuresAt school age we assessed motor skills, intelligence, visual perception, visuomotor integration, verbal memory, attention, ex...
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