Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children

Pittet, Marie-Pascale; Mürner-Lavanchy, Ines; Adams, Mark; Bickle-Graz, Myriam; Pfister, Riccardo; Natalucci, Giancarlo; Grunt, Sebastian; Borradori Tolsa, Cristina; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-Up Group

doi:10.4414/smw.2019.20084

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Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children

ContributorsPittet, Marie-Pascale; Mürner-Lavanchy, Ines; Adams, Mark; Bickle-Graz, Myriam; Pfister, Riccardo; Natalucci, Giancarlo; Grunt, Sebastian; Borradori Tolsa, Cristina; Swiss Neonatal Network & Follow-Up Group

Published inSwiss Medical Weekly, vol. 149, w20084

Publication date2019

Abstract

Infants born very preterm are at higher risk of long-term neurodevelopmental problems than children born at term. Although there are increasing numbers of reports on outcomes from international cohorts of premature infants, a Swiss national report on infants after 2 years of age is lacking.

Keywords

Very preterm infants
Neurodevelopmental
Outcome
Cognition
Early school age
Therapies and early
Intervention

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - PZOOP3_161146

Citation (ISO format)

PITTET, Marie-Pascale et al. Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children. In: Swiss Medical Weekly, 2019, vol. 149, p. w20084. doi: 10.4414/smw.2019.20084

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PID : unige:136377
DOI : 10.4414/smw.2019.20084
PMID : 31154661

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2019.20084

Journal ISSN1424-7860

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Neurodevelopmental outcome at early school age in a Swiss national cohort of very preterm children

Infants born very preterm are at higher risk of long-term neurodevelopmental problems than children born at term. Although there are increasing numbers of reports on outcomes from international cohorts of premature infants, a Swiss national report on infants after 2 years of age is lacking.

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