ContextChorioamnionitis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral palsy, but
most studies have not reported a significant association. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia …

Cerebral palsy is the commonest physical disability in childhood, occurring in 2.0 to 2.5 per
1000 live births. Although the total number of children with cerebral palsy has remained …

ContextNeonatal infections are frequent complications of extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW)
infants receiving intensive care. ObjectiveTo determine if neonatal infections in ELBW …

Objective: To identify intrapartum predictors of newborn encephalopathy in term infants.
Design: Population based, unmatched case-control study. Setting: Metropolitan area of …

Background. Advances in perinatal care have resulted in increased survival rates for
extremely low birth weight children. We sought to examine the relative changes in rates of …

Background Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of death and complications despite antibiotic
treatment. Effective adjunctive treatments are needed. Newborn infants are relatively …

OBJECTIVES: To test the hypothesis that the impact of postnatal sepsis/necrotizing
enterocolitis (NEC) on neurodevelopment may be mediated by white matter abnormality …

Twenty percent of very-low-birth-weight (< 1500 g) preterm infants experience a serious
systemic infection, and despite advances in neonatal intensive care and antimicrobials …

Children surviving preterm birth have a high risk of disability, particularly cognitive and
learning problems. There is extensive clinical and experimental evidence that disability is …

AIM To identify incidence of school and behaviour problems at age 7 years in children born
between 32 and 35 weeks gestation, and investigate perinatal risk factors. METHOD The …