Growth in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Influences Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

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Authors

Richard A. Ehrenkranz · Yale University

Anna M. Dusick

Betty R. Vohr · Brown University

Linda L. Wright · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Lisa A. Wrage · RTI International

W. Kenneth Poole · RTI International

Abstract

These analyses suggest that growth velocity during an ELBW infant's NICU hospitalization exerts a significant, and possibly independent, effect on neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes at 18 to 22 months' corrected age.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Infant Nutrition and Health Infant Development and Preterm Care

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 117, Issue 4, pp. 1253-1261

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1368

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