Abstract
Several recent follow-up reports on infants surviving neonatal ventilatory therapy showed an incidence of major neurologic and intellectual defects to be only in the range of 10% to 20% for infants of B. Wt. >1500 g, but were as high as 50% for infants of B.Wt. <1500 g. The physical (Phy.), neurologic (Neuro.), developmental (Dev.), audlologic (Audio.) and ophthalmologic (Ophthal.) outcome of 42 infants (16 B.Wt. ≤1500 g, and 26 B.Wt. >1500 g) who received ventilatory therapy at our center were evaluated at ages ranging from one to three years. Incidence of abnormal findings are listed below:
Although there is a substantial incidence of abnormal findings in both groups of infants, there were no significant differences in the follow-up results of infants of B. Wt. ≤1500 g and >1500 g, who received ventilatory therapy in the neonatal period.
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Teberg, A., Wu, P. & Hodgman, J. NEONATAL VENTILATORY THERAPY: COMPARISON OF FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF INFANTS WITH BIRTH WEIGHT (B.WT.) ≤1500 G. AND >1500 G. Pediatr Res 11, 566 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-01175
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-01175