A5014550384- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Infant Health and Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Language Development and Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2006-2017
The University of Melbourne
2006-2017
Royal Women's Hospital
2006-2016
Royal Children's Hospital
2016
Preterm birth is increasing in prevalence and long-term follow-up studies have documented high rates of neurosensory, intellectual, academic behavioural disabilities. The importance early intervention (EI) well recognised but significant barriers to receiving EI exist the community. This study explores association levels disability at age 2 years with services social risk a large cohort very preterm children.This was 236 (gestational < 30 weeks or birthweight 1250 g) infants recruited birth....
Most babies are born healthy and grow develop normally through childhood. There are, however, clearly identifiable high-risk groups of survivors, such as those preterm or with ill-health, who destined to have higher than expected rates health developmental problems, for whom more structured specialised follow-up programs warranted. This paper presents the results a two-day workshop held in Melbourne, Australia, discuss neonatal populations need why, addition how, programme might be...
OBJECTIVE. Preterm infants are at an increased risk for abnormalities of general movements, which predict subsequent poor neurodevelopmental outcome. The cerebral lesion that predisposes the preterm infant to abnormal movements remains unknown. objective this study was determine association between MRI-defined and 1 3 months' corrected age in who were born very preterm. METHODS. Eighty-six (&lt;30 weeks' gestation) prospectively recruited underwent brain MRI term-equivalent investigate...
OBJECTIVES. Preterm infants have higher rates of cognitive and behavioral difficulties at school age than their term-born peers. We hypothesized that neurobehavior term would be different in very preterm compared with perinatal exposures associated these alterations neurobehavior. PATIENTS AND METHODS. Two standardized neurobehavioral evaluations were completed on 207 equivalent, including 168 (&lt;1250 g or &lt;30 weeks' gestation) 39 control infants. The assessments used the...
Infants born <30 weeks’ gestation are at increased risk of long term neurodevelopmental problems compared with peers. The predictive value neurobehavioural examinations equivalent age in very preterm infants has been reported for subsequent impairment. Yet there is little knowledge surrounding earlier development prior to age, and how it relates perinatal factors, cerebral structure, later developmental outcomes. In addition, maternal psychological wellbeing associated child development....
Aim To examine the associations between Prechtl's General Movements Assessment ( GMA ), conducted from birth to term‐equivalent age, and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 months corrected in infants born very preterm. Method One hundred thirty‐seven before 30 weeks' gestation had serial (categorized as ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’) term age. At neurodevelopment was assessed using Alberta Infant Motor Scale AIMS ); Neurological, Sensory, Motor, Developmental NSMDA Touwen Neurological Examination...